Season 1 · Episode 14

Calm Down, Theo

The mayor has a new calm spray. Theo is not calm about it.

0:46Selank

Ep. 13

The real fact

Selank

Selank is a nose-spray peptide, seven amino acids long. Its last three are the same as Semax's, which makes them twins, and its front is a tiny piece of an immune-system protein called tuftsin. Russia approved it for anxiety; in the U.S. it isn't approved, and the studies are small and old. (The free option: one deep breath.)

SEMAX + SELANK

twins: the same last three amino acids

TUFTSIN

a tiny piece of an immune-system protein

RUSSIA: YES. U.S.: NO

approved there for anxiety; not here, and the studies are small

Comedy, not medical advice. Amino Falls never sells peptides or links to anyone who does. Each episode explains one real fact for general education. Nothing here is a recommendation to use anything. Talk to a doctor about your own health.

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Mayor Vance

Your mayor is feeling VERY calm today.

Garth

Is that the spy spray again?

Mayor Vance

No, sweetie. This is its calm twin.

Theo

There's no such thing as calm spray, and you are not a spy, you're just WEIRD!

Garth

Somebody needs to calm down.

Theo

I AM CALM!

Theo

It's Selank. Seven bricks. The last three are the same as Semax. The front is built from tuftsin, a tiny piece of an immune protein.

Theo

Russia approved it for anxiety. Here it's not approved, and the studies are small and old.

Danny

Dude. Just take a deep breath.

Theo

...I'm STILL ANGRY!

Danny

So the calm spray is Semax's Russian twin... and Theo is not calm.

Theo

I need to scream into a pillow.

Theo

AAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Pip(mumbled)

...cool.

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