> there's no mechanism for your typical person to verify that they're getting what they think they're getting.
Think what would happen if there was one.
In the spirit of selling shovels in a gold rush, the first company to commercialize a tricorder is going to make bank off all the fitness fads and off-label/DIY medicine markets.
I fear this kind of post will encourage gullible people to go chasing reta on the grey market, where they might as well be getting a placebo, as there's no mechanism for your typical person to verify that they're getting what they think they're getting.
And given it's an injectable, and bacterial growth, or a variety of other toxins that can remain in poorly manufactured pharmaceuticals, can do a great deal of harm.