MT 2 tanning

Acetic Acid

Bacteriostatic water

Sterile water for injection

The following are the ONLY solutions which can be used for mixing:

Mixing Instructions

Under no circumstances should the vial be shaken.

Do not freeze/unthaw the mt2 vial each time you wish to do a shot as this will degrade the solution.

Once reconstituted (mixed) with solution, the vial should be stored in the refrigerator. Alternatively, you can pre-load the desired dosage into syringes and freeze them - then when you wish to administer a dose, just unthaw one syringe (takes a few minutes)

In powder (lyophilised) form, the Mela notan II (MT2) vial should be stored at refrigerator temperature (2-8 degrees Celsius) where it will remain stable for at least 12 months.

Storage Instructions

This in turn will reduce the potential for skin damage that can eventually lead to skin cancer.

After synthesizing and screening hundreds of molecules, the researchers headed by Dr. Victor Hruby, found a peptide that after trials and testing seemed to not only be safe but also approximately 1,000 times more potent than natural a-MSH. They dubbed this new peptide Mela notan. Since their discovery, numerous studies dating back to the mid-1980s have shown no obvious toxic effects of Mela notan. Because skin cancer (melanoma) today is a major health concern, Mela notan is expected to be used as a drug to combat it. Mela notan will do this by stimulating the body's natural tanning mechanism to create a tan without first needing exposure to harmful levels of UV radiation.

They hypothesized that an effective way to reduce skin cancer rates in people would be to induce the body's natural tanning system to produce a protective tan prior to UV exposure. They knew the body's naturally occurring H alpha-melanocyte stimulating gh (a-MSH) caused melanogenesis, a process by which the skin's tanning cells (melanocytes) produce the skin's tanning pigment (melanin). With that knowledge they tested to see if administering this hormone to the body directly could be an effective method to cause sunless tanning. What they found was that while it appeared to work, natural alpha-MSH had too short a half life in the body to be practical as a therapeutic drug. So they decided to try and find a more potent and stable alternative, one that would be more practical.

Both drugs were developed at the University of Arizona. Researchers there knew that one of the best defenses against skin cancer was a natural tan which has been slowly developed over weeks.

Mela notan and mela notan II are both analogs of the peptide hor mone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hor mone (a-MSH) that tend to induce skin tanning. Unlike mela notan though, mela notan II has the additional effect of increasing libido.

Mela notan II    MT1

Mela notan, Protect the skin from sun damage.
10mg/vial injection.