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SS-31, Elamipretide · How it is taken
The schedule
Inject 1 mg under the skin each morning in weeks 1 and 2, 2.5 mg in weeks 3 and 4 and 5 mg from week 5 to week 8. Take it at the same time each day. Practitioners mostly use 1 to 5 mg a day. The FORZINITY dose for Barth syndrome is far higher, 40 mg a day.
Sources
Read the original sources
- SS-31 protocol, Peptide Dosing Protocols (Summary · checked 2026-10-13)
- FORZINITY (elamipretide) prescribing information, FDA 2025 (Summary · checked 2026-10-13)