Talk:Melanotan/Archive 1

Color coding
What's up with the color coding? It seems silly to me. —Keenan Pepper 04:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * There's been confusion in the media about the melanotan peptides... often times reporters didn't do their homework and so they described melanotan as causing arousal when in reality it's only melanotan II that does. The color helps to clear this up. Netscott 22:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I thought the "II" was enough, but I guess there's nothing wrong with supplementing that with color. Note that you used two colors which appear very similar to people with the most common kinds of color blindness, but it's not that important because the color doesn't convey any extra information. —Keenan Pepper 22:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Please, please stop colouring in the words. It's unnecessary, as stated above, since it does not convey any extra information, and it differs from standard Wikipedia style, and makes the article look odd. The rest of the world is capable of telling the difference between Melanotan and Melanotan II: that's what the "II" is there for.

Unfortunately, no amount of visual markers can ever cure sloppy journalism: however, we can write clear prose to assist most readers to tell the difference. The intro sentences clearly describe Melanotan and Melanotan II as different, and the difference is marked throughout the text. If the meaning is still unclear, why not improve the wording? I'll have a go at doing that now.

Incidentally, I note your edit comment for list of sexology topics: "oh come on it's fun... goes with the subject matter. LOL! ;-)". What possible benefit could there be in colouring this word brown in a list? "Fun" is not a sufficient justification. By the way, what do "LOL!" and ";-)" mean? -- The Anome 23:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Somone made an off-handed editorial comment... that was my response... I fully expected that edit to be reverted. Netscott 23:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I think colours are pritty =)

Please let them be used once as i think it will help emphasise the significance of the diffrence21:19, 5 October 2006 (UTC)~

Merge from Melanotan 1
Please merge relevant content, if any, from [ Melanotan 1] per Articles for deletion/Melanotan 1. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-04 02:28Z 

Merge from Melanotan II
Please merge relevant content, if any, from [ Melanotan II] per Articles for deletion/Melanotan II. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-04 02:28Z 

Needs more on Melanotan II
The article explains (albeit in little depth) some history of Melanotan and Bremelanotide, but fails to explain how the discovery of Melanotan II came about. Is there any information on its discovery/development? --85.210.60.248 03:00, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

- Synthesis of melanotan II: Vladimir V. Ryakhovsky, Georgy A. Khachiyan, Nina F. Kosovova, Elena F. Isamiddinova and Andrey S. Ivanov, ''Beilstein J. Org. Chem.'' 2008, 4, No. 39. doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.39

Is this just a commercial?
This whole page appears to have been taken directly from the manufacturer's web site, and has no citations. I have no other information to leave, but its' very suspect. Can anyone provide citations, another party opinion, or just clean this up? --CKeelty 13:27, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Try watching this report by Campbell Live on TV3 (New Zealand). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.212.16.18 (talk) 03:03, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Possible eye damage associated with Melanotan II, alpha-MSH
Would this be considered a reasonable source? This guy seems to have suffered central serous retinopathy (CSR) related to Melanotan II usage and he does cite two papers where the related alpha-MSH hormone was shown to cause CSR. 67.84.146.125 23:18, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Approval / Legality
I understand this is legal to use in most (all?) countries? If not it would be interesting to know where it is not, and what the efforts are to approve of the sales of it, which is still prohibited atleast in Sweden. 62.84.192.238 06:52, 31 August 2007 (UTC)