BPC-157
Taken to heal injuries and gut
Body Protection Compound 157
Match every finding to its exact substance, formulation, route and study population. A related molecule or approved medicine does not validate a catalog vial.
Color key
At a glance
Why people take it. And what backs it up.
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Heal injuries faster
Animal studies only
The top use: daily shots near a sore or torn tendon, ligament or muscle, hoping it heals faster.
Sources (4)
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PractitionerJay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com): BPC-157 dosing guide (opens in a new tab)
“I’ve personally used it for torn rotator cuffs, tendon injuries, gut inflammation, and more”
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“Two years ago I had good results with nasal application of bpc-157 to regrow my femur after a car accident.”
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“Controls generally have severely compromised healing. In comparison, pentadecapeptide BPC 157 fully improves recovery”
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“In preclinical models, BPC-157 improved functional, structural, and biomechanical outcomes in muscle, tendon, ligament, and bony injuries.”
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Heal the gut
Animal studies only
Often swallowed as capsules or liquid for IBS, reflux, Crohn’s disease and ‘leaky gut’, hoping to heal the gut lining.
Sources (4)
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ForumReddit r/Peptides: comment in “LL-37, BPC-157, TB-500” (February 2023) (opens in a new tab)
“Go with BPC-157 alone by itself for gut issues. Resolved my serious IBS issues in about 7 days.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides: “Oral bpc and coughing? Reflux cough I think.” (June 2025) (opens in a new tab)
“I’m taking bpc to help my silent reflux.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides: “LL-37, BPC-157, TB-500” (February 2023) (opens in a new tab)
“Planning to start LL-37, BPC-157, and TB-500 to potentiate healing from Crohn’s disease, gut dysbiosis, leaky gut, and a whole host of associated issues”
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“In general, the controls could not heal cysteamine colitis and colon-colon anastomosis. BPC 157 induced an efficient healing of both at the same time.”
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Ease joint pain
One small report, no comparison group
People with arthritic or injured knees and other sore joints take it hoping for relief; most patients given knee injections reported less pain.
Sources (3)
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“Based on current research and clinical experience, BPC-157 may be beneficial for patients experiencing: Chronic osteoarthritis pain”
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“I was bedridden with terrible knee issues hoping for the BPC-157 miracle that I often read about. The improvement was unbelievably dramatic.”
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“Overall, 14 of 16 patients (87.5%) had relief of their knee pain when BPC 157 or a combination of BPC 157 and TB4 was used.”
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Recover after surgery
Animal studies only
People take it before and after operations, often with TB-500, hoping tendons and bones heal faster.
Sources (4)
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ForumReddit r/Peptides: “Meniscus surgery - optimize recovery” (February 2023) (opens in a new tab)
“I researched that TB-500 and BPC-157 injected subcutaneously 1mg each per day as near as possible to the surgery site could be helpful.”
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“Had knee surgery from a fractured kneecap, and decided to add in peptides dosed at 1mg bpc 157 split 500mcg 2x per day injected close to the surgical site”
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“Thereby, we focus on Achilles tendon-to-bone healing: tendon to bone could not be healed spontaneously, but it was recovered by this peptide.”
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StudySebecic et al., Bone, 1999, rabbit bone-defect study (PubMed abstract) (opens in a new tab)
“Pentadecapeptide BPC-157 significantly improved the healing of segmental bone defects.”
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Evidence briefing
Sources checkedWhat the sources support.
BPC-157 has been studied extensively in animals, but research in people is very limited. There is no FDA-approved BPC-157 drug product.
Human research has not established whether it helps the conditions discussed below. Its safety for these uses is also uncertain. Animal findings and community reports cannot settle those questions.
Regulatory details and source context
BPC-157 is unapproved, with predominantly animal research and very limited human evidence. In July 2026 the PCAC recommended adding specified free-base/acetate bulk forms to the 503A list; that is not drug approval or a final FDA list decision.
FDA reviewers noted uncertain characterization and limited human safety data for proposed routes.
Not FDA-approved. In July 2026 the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee recommended including specified BPC-157 bulk forms on the 503A Bulks List; FDA has not issued a final determination. The advisory recommendation does not approve a drug. WADA prohibits BPC-157.
The research. What’s been studied.
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Animal & lab studies
Tendon and ligament research
Many animal studies report faster tendon or ligament healing; reliable clinical benefit in people has not been established.
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Animal & lab studies
Gut research
Rodent studies report effects on the stomach and intestinal lining. Human treatment benefit is unproven.
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Animal & lab studies
Other tissue repair claims
Muscle, bone and blood-vessel findings are mainly from animal research, much of it from one research group.
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Early human studies
Human evidence
Only a few small human reports or studies are available; they do not establish broad injury-healing claims.
What do these labels mean?
- Human evidence: approved-drug data or larger human studies, within the populations and uses studied.
- Early human studies: small, preliminary or limited human studies.
- Animal & lab studies: animal or laboratory findings that do not establish effects in people.
- Unverified: a proposed use or claim without verified supporting clinical evidence.
How each claim was reviewed (5)
Reported effects and evidence.
A citation may support, qualify or correct a claim. Read the study scope; a laboratory result is not an established benefit in people. Each review covers a claim as it was first collected; the tiles above show the collection’s current wording.
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Preclinical rat studies
Review of “Tendon and ligament healing”
Rat tendon and ligament experiments reported improved healing measures.
Limitations and applicability. Titles should retain species rather than imply patient healing. Multiple related-lab studies do not equal replicated clinical evidence.
Original collected claim and review history
Original title: Tendon and ligament healing
Many rat studies report faster, stronger healing of injured tendons and ligaments.
Original label: animal. Preserved for traceability; the reviewed wording above qualifies this record.
Record bpc-157:benefit:1 · Annotated 2026-10-01 · Review method
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Preclinical rat ulcer study; bundled claim
Review of “Gut protection”
BPC-157 reduced ulcer injury in specific rat gastric-ulcer experiments; provide separate citations for colitis and intestinal claims.
Limitations and applicability. Verified source supports gastric ulcers, not every intestinal/colitis claim. Split models and cite each.
Original collected claim and review history
Original title: Gut protection
Protected the stomach and intestinal lining and healed ulcers and colitis in rodents.
Original label: animal. Preserved for traceability; the reviewed wording above qualifies this record.
Record bpc-157:benefit:2 · Annotated 2026-10-01 · Review method
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Preclinical rat muscle-to-bone experiment; bone-fracture claim unresolved
Review of “Muscle and bone healing”
A rat muscle-to-bone detachment study reported improved repair. Fracture-healing claims need a separate primary source.
Limitations and applicability. Verified paper concerns detachment/reattachment, not generic fracture healing. Preserve exact injury model.
Original collected claim and review history
Original title: Muscle and bone healing
Sped recovery from muscle injuries and bone fractures in rats.
Original label: animal. Preserved for traceability; the reviewed wording above qualifies this record.
Record bpc-157:benefit:3 · Annotated 2026-10-01 · Review method
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Preclinical in-vivo mechanism
Review of “New blood vessel growth”
BPC-157 altered angiogenesis markers during muscle/tendon repair in animals; this is not evidence of human healing.
Limitations and applicability. Study found context-dependent angiogenesis during healing and no direct angiogenic effect in its cell culture tests.
Original collected claim and review history
Original title: New blood vessel growth
Promotes blood-vessel formation, which brings nutrients to healing tissue.
Original label: animal. Preserved for traceability; the reviewed wording above qualifies this record.
Record bpc-157:benefit:4 · Annotated 2026-10-01 · Review method
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Preclinical oral-route observations; stability assertion unresolved
Review of “Stable when swallowed”
Oral administration has been studied in rodents. Direct stability and human oral-efficacy claims require separate evidence.
Limitations and applicability. Oral animal effects do not themselves establish gastric-acid stability, bioavailability or oral human efficacy.
Original collected claim and review history
Original title: Stable when swallowed
Unusually resistant to stomach acid, so it’s also studied by mouth.
Original label: animal. Preserved for traceability; the reviewed wording above qualifies this record.
Record bpc-157:benefit:5 · Annotated 2026-10-01 · Review method
The research in detail
- Human research
- Very limited; effectiveness has not been established.
- Product approval
- No FDA-approved BPC-157 drug product.
- Community reports
- Personal reports are recorded separately. They do not establish benefits or safety.
Most published BPC-157 research is preclinical, with many studies from one research group. Human evidence is sparse and has not established effectiveness for tendon, ligament, muscle, bone or gut conditions. FDA reviewers also noted uncertainty about substance characterization and safety for proposed compounded routes.
Evidence is assessed claim by claim above. Regulatory approval, study design, findings and relevance are separate questions; there is no single evidence score.
Risks and unknowns. What to know first.
Collected cautions follow. These are not an exhaustive or independently validated safety assessment; claim references do not automatically support every caution.
- Largely unknown in humans, which is the core problem.
- Because it promotes , researchers have raised a theoretical concern about feeding existing tumors.
What people report
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User reports
Users report low mood or loss of pleasure (anhedonia), lethargy and nausea after doses of 250–500 mcg, usually lasting a few days after stopping. A few say it lasted months. Many others report no such effect.
Source: Reddit r/Peptides thread on BPC-157 and anhedonia (opens in a new tab)
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User reports
A 2025 systematic review notes that many anonymous online users report injection-site pain and swelling, joint pain, anxiety, panic attacks, palpitations, insomnia, drowsiness, weakness, fatigue, loss of appetite, depression and anhedonia. The authors suggest contamination or effects on dopamine and serotonin as possible causes.
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User reports
One user felt palpitations and an irregular-feeling heartbeat after raising BPC-157 to 500 mcg twice a day alongside TB4; others in the thread described similar palpitations.
Source: Reddit r/Peptides thread on palpitations with BPC-157 and TB4 (opens in a new tab)
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User reports
Some users report trouble sleeping on BPC-157.
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User reports
One user reported two weeks of constant dizziness after using a BPC-157 nasal spray bought on Amazon.
Source: Reddit r/Peptides thread on BPC-157 nasal spray (opens in a new tab)
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Case report
FDA’s adverse event database had three reports up to December 2025: 9 days of redness and swelling at the injection site (she was also injecting thymosin), shortness of breath leading to an emergency visit, and widespread skin and gum darkening that came back on re-use of a ‘research only’ BPC-157/TB-500 product. FDA found no published case reports.
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Regulator
FDA says compounded BPC-157 may carry a risk of immune reactions and impurities, and that it lacks the information to know whether it harms people. BPC-157 was on FDA’s list of risky compounding substances until the nomination was withdrawn.
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Regulator
In July 2026 an FDA advisory committee voted 8–6 to recommend allowing pharmacies to compound BPC-157 (the use reviewed was ulcerative colitis), against the advice of FDA staff. The vote is not binding and no final decision had been made.
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Regulator
In 2020 Tailor Made Compounding, the Kentucky pharmacy whose 2019 catalog doses are quoted here, pleaded guilty to distributing unapproved new drugs, including BPC-157, and forfeited about $1.79 million.
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Regulator
BPC-157 has been banned in sport at all times since 2022 (World Anti-Doping Agency category S0). The US Anti-Doping Agency says it is unknown whether any dose is safe.
Source: US Anti-Doping Agency, BPC-157 athlete advisory (opens in a new tab)
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Study
A 2025 review notes only three tiny human pilot studies and lists theoretical risks: unwanted blood-vessel growth that could feed tumors, toxic breakdown products and excess nitric oxide.
Published dosing records. No established dose.
Historical label and trial records for the named product, route, population and indication. These records are not a personal schedule or a validated regimen for a catalog vial. Source attribution does not establish applicability.
No approved label or fully published controlled trial sets a dose. The only full human reports are three small Florida clinic studies with no comparison group: knee injections, bladder injections in 12 women, and a drip into a vein in 2 people.
Any dose you see online for it is a guess, not a tested dose.
Community protocols. Reported online. Not clinically validated.
Community reports Collection date: 30 Sep 2026The most common protocol is 250–500 mcg injected under the skin once or twice a day, often near the injury, for about 4–6 weeks, while people with gut problems more often swallow 500–1,000 mcg a day.
More about this
Reported doses run from 25–100 mcg test doses to several milligrams a day, and no dose has been tested in a human trial.
Injury repair (injection)
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Practitioner: Jay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com)
- Forum: MESO-Rx forum, ‘BPC-157 dosing protocol’ thread (2016)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Dosing to actually feel bpc 157 / tb 500’ (2025)
- Vendor: Tailor Made Compounding peptide catalog (compounding pharmacy, 2019)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- 250–500 mcg per shot; about 200–1,000 mcg a day in total
- How often
- Once or twice a day (morning and evening when split)
- Route
- Injection under the skin, near the injury or in the belly
- Timing
- No set time; split doses are usually taken morning and evening
- How long
- Usually 4–6 weeks. Some run 2–4 weeks for a fresh injury and up to 12 weeks for long-standing problems.
- Cycle
- Then a break. One author advises 8–12 weeks on, then 4–8 weeks off.
- Ramp
- Many start at the low end (about 250 mcg a day) and raise the dose if nothing changes after 1–2 weeks.
- Mixing
- 5 mg vial + 2 mL bacteriostatic water (0.1 mL = 250 mcg), or 10 mg vial + 2 mL (0.1 mL = 500 mcg)
- Injecting close to the injury is popular, but many users and the author quoted here say it acts throughout the body wherever it is injected.
- Twice-a-day dosing is justified by the short half-life seen in animals. No study in people compares schedules.
- A 2019 compounding pharmacy catalog listed 0.15 mL of a 2,000 mcg per mL solution (300 mcg) once a day, injected at the injury.
- A doctor on MESO-Rx warned against injecting into joints or tendons with products not guaranteed sterile.
Sources (4)
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PractitionerJay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com) (opens in a new tab)
“250–500 mcg subcutaneously, twice daily (once in the morning and once in the evening)”
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ForumMESO-Rx forum, ‘BPC-157 dosing protocol’ thread (2016) (opens in a new tab)
“I would actually suggest you do 250-500mcg daily split between each injured tendon area. Some have taken upwards to 800mcg a day”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Dosing to actually feel bpc 157 / tb 500’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“I did a 35 day cycle of it 250mcg 2X daily.”
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VendorTailor Made Compounding peptide catalog (compounding pharmacy, 2019) (opens in a new tab)
“BPC-157 3mL at 2000mcg/mL 0.15mL daily”
Gut problems (by mouth)
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Practitioner: Jay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC 157 Oral Pills’ (2025)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Is oral 1500mcg (1.5mg) BPC 157 too much?’ (2025)
- Vendor: Tailor Made Compounding peptide catalog (compounding pharmacy, 2019)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- 250–1,000 mcg a day; 500 mcg is typical and some go to 1,500 mcg
- How often
- Once or twice a day
- Route
- By mouth (capsules, or solution from a vial swallowed)
- Timing
- On an empty stomach, often about 30 minutes before food
- How long
- About 4–12 weeks
- Mixing
- Usually ready-made capsules of 250, 500 or 1,000 mcg. Some users drink solution made from injection vials instead.
- Some users and one practitioner insist on the ‘arginate’ (stable salt) form for swallowing. Users argue about whether the ordinary acetate form works as well.
- Many users say swallowed BPC-157 helps gut symptoms but not tendons or joints; a few report joint benefits too.
- A 2019 compounding catalog listed 500 mcg capsules, one a day, for bowel and gut repair.
Sources (4)
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PractitionerJay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com) (opens in a new tab)
“Oral BPC-157 in the arginate salt form at 500–1,000 mcg daily, taken on an empty stomach.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC 157 Oral Pills’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“Oral doses are around 1mg a day compared to 300-500mcg SC.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Is oral 1500mcg (1.5mg) BPC 157 too much?’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“I have been on oral 1000 mcg (1mg) right now and I’m thinking about adding one more 500 mcg.”
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VendorTailor Made Compounding peptide catalog (compounding pharmacy, 2019) (opens in a new tab)
“500mcg (30 capsules) 1 capsule daily”
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With TB-500 (the ‘Wolverine’ stack)
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Practitioner: Jay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC-157?oral vs injectable. Which is better?’ (2025)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Wolverine Stack Dosing for Low Back Pain and Bulge Discs’ (2026)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Wolverine Stack Dosing for Low Back Pain and Bulge Discs’ (2026)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- BPC-157 250–500 mcg a day plus TB-500 about 2–5 mg once or twice a week; or a 1:1 blend vial, for example about 450–500 mcg of each once or twice a day
- How often
- BPC-157 daily; TB-500 once or twice a week (or daily when blended)
- Route
- Injection under the skin
- How long
- About 4–8 weeks
- Cycle
- One author gives 8 weeks on, then 4 weeks off
- Ramp
- Some use a higher ‘loading’ phase (for example TB-500 5 mg twice a week for 3 weeks) and then halve both doses
- Mixing
- Blend vials are sold as 5 mg + 5 mg or 10 mg + 10 mg. One user mixes separate 10 mg vials with 2 mL each and takes 10 units (500 mcg) of each.
- Adding GHK-Cu makes the ‘GLOW’ blend, and adding GHK-Cu plus KPV makes ‘KLOW’.
- Much of the ‘TB-500’ sold, including in blends, tests as full-length thymosin beta-4 (see the tb4 and tb500-frag entries).
Sources (4)
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PractitionerJay Campbell, peptide author and coach (jaycampbell.com) (opens in a new tab)
“500 mcg of the combined blend, subcutaneously, every day or every other day for 8 weeks, then 4 weeks off.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC-157?oral vs injectable. Which is better?’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“Monday: TB-500 5mg / BPC-157 500mcg”
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“My research rat does a 50/50 blend. Roughly 450mcg twice daily.”
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“I have 10 mg of all three. I recon with 2 ml BAC. I take 10 units of each.”
High-dose clinic protocol (5 days on, 2 off)
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Podcast: Huberman Lab podcast with Dr. Craig Koniver (transcript)
- Podcast: Huberman Lab podcast with Dr. Craig Koniver (transcript)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- Starts at 500 mcg a day; one clinic says it went as high as 5,000 mcg a day
- How often
- Once a day, Monday to Friday
- Route
- Injection under the skin
- Cycle
- 5 days on, 2 days off
- Ramp
- Start at 500 mcg a day and increase over time
- Dr. Craig Koniver says his clinic used this on thousands of patients before US compounding of BPC-157 stopped.
- He says the 5-on, 2-off pattern came from how growth hormone is dosed, not from BPC-157 data.
Sources (2)
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PodcastHuberman Lab podcast with Dr. Craig Koniver (transcript) (opens in a new tab)
“we started with a dose of 500 micrograms a day. We got up to 5,000 micrograms a day.”
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PodcastHuberman Lab podcast with Dr. Craig Koniver (transcript) (opens in a new tab)
“We’d like a protocol of five days on, two days off.”
Low test dose (for people worried about side effects)
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC 157 and psychological side effects’ (2023)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC 157 and psychological side effects’ (2023)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- 25–100 mcg
- How often
- Once, then daily if tolerated
- Route
- Injection under the skin
- Ramp
- Start very low and work up slowly
- Suggested in threads about low mood (anhedonia) after BPC-157.
Sources (2)
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC 157 and psychological side effects’ (2023) (opens in a new tab)
“A test dose could be around 100mcg.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘BPC 157 and psychological side effects’ (2023) (opens in a new tab)
“I’d start much lower like 25 mcg”
Milligram doses (bodybuilding forums)
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Forum: MESO-Rx forum, ‘A comprehensive tb500 frag thread’ (2025)
- Forum: MESO-Rx forum, ‘A comprehensive tb500 frag thread’ (2025)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Dosing to actually feel bpc 157 / tb 500’ (2025)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- 1–10 mg a day; posters report 2–6 mg a day
- How often
- Once to several times a day
- Route
- Injection under the skin
- How long
- Around surgery or a bad injury, for weeks to months
- Ramp
- Some start high and step down (for example 1,500 mcg a day for a week, then 1,000, then 500)
- Posters argue that microgram doses are too small. This is the opposite of the low-dose advice elsewhere.
Sources (3)
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ForumMESO-Rx forum, ‘A comprehensive tb500 frag thread’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“especially Bpc157, it must be used at or above 2 mg daily to achieve respectable healing”
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ForumMESO-Rx forum, ‘A comprehensive tb500 frag thread’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“i’ve went as high as 6 mg per peptide daily and it was very efficient”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Dosing to actually feel bpc 157 / tb 500’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“Post ligament strain I did 1500mcg of both daily for the first 7days. Then 1000mcg each for 6days”
Split small doses through the day
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Wolverine Stack Dosing for Low Back Pain and Bulge Discs’ (2026)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Dosing to actually feel bpc 157 / tb 500’ (2025)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- About 250–500 mcg per shot
- How often
- 3–4 times a day (about every 6 hours)
- Route
- Injection under the skin
- Based on BPC-157’s short half-life in animals. Jay Campbell calls dosing every 4–6 hours ‘a fundamental misunderstanding’.
Sources (2)
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“It is better to take 250mcg three to four times per day. Every six hours.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Dosing to actually feel bpc 157 / tb 500’ (2025) (opens in a new tab)
“I do 500mcg-BPC157/1,000mcg-TB500 2-4x a day”
Nasal spray
Collected report · exact form and route are only as reported below. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01.
- Vendor: Wells Pharmacy Network nomination, reproduced in FDA advisory committee briefing (2026)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, thread ‘Has Anyone Experienced Anhedonia with BPC-157 and Tried a Lower Dose Successf...’ (2024)
Frequency labels describe this collection, not a measured population. Contradictory records remain available.
Details and sourcesHide details
- Dose
- About 50–100 mcg per use; one compounding pharmacy proposed 50 mcg per spray
- How often
- Not standardized
- Route
- Nasal spray
- Ready-made BPC-157 nasal sprays are sold online. Some users hope it reaches the brain.
- Jay Campbell says nasal absorption is ‘genuinely poor’.
Sources (2)
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“Nasal Spray: 50mcg/spray (500mcg/mL)”
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“about 100 mcg. I do half in my nose and half in my mouth.”
Where the numbers come from
Doses are scaled up from rat studies, mostly from Predrag Sikiric’s group in Zagreb, which used about 10 mcg per kg. The popular 250–500 mcg range sits between body-surface scaling and straight per-kilogram scaling. Compounding pharmacy catalogs (for example Tailor Made Compounding in 2019: 300 mcg a day by injection, 500 mcg capsules) turned these into fixed clinic protocols. The 5-days-on pattern was borrowed from growth hormone dosing. No human dose-finding study exists.
Home-made sprays and serums
Home-made nasal spray. Community recipes. Not tested.
Original source recordsHide
BPC-157 is sold ready-made as a nasal spray (often with TB-500) and some users make their own by dissolving the powder in bacteriostatic water or saline in a spray bottle. Reported use is about 300–500 mcg a day. Many users think it barely absorbs. Community only.
Best evidence: Community only (Reddit r/Peptides, 2023–2026); vendor kits and ready-made sprays. No trial or pharmacy formula found. FDA says it has little or no safety information for the proposed routes.
Vendor kits and ready-made sprays
Original source-specific report. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Exact form and route are limited to the source’s description.
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Kivalet (post, 2026-08-05)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/BriceLaine (post, 2025-01-09)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Janime1983 (post, 2023-11-03)
Ingredients and methodHide the recipe
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount | Role |
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| BPC-157 (often with TB-500) | for example 5 mg of each per bottle | Active |
Method
Some vendors ship powder with sterile water, a nasal sprayer and a syringe for the buyer to mix.
- Per dose
- 50 mcg per spray for one 5 mg + 5 mg BPC/TB-500 spray (stated).
Not stated: how it’s used.
Sources (3)
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Kivalet (post, 2026-08-05) (opens in a new tab)
“it came in powder form in a vial along with sterile water, nasal sprayer and a syringe”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/BriceLaine (post, 2025-01-09) (opens in a new tab)
“I got 5mg each which is 50mcc per spray”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Janime1983 (post, 2023-11-03) (opens in a new tab)
“I just ran out of a 10ml BPC nasal spray bottle a couple days ago.”
Powder + bacteriostatic water in a spray bottle
Original source-specific report. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Exact form and route are limited to the source’s description.
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/LieWorldly4492 (comment, 2023-12-27)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/LieWorldly4492 (comment, 2023-12-27)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/TheUltraSapien (comment, 2023-12-27)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/DrStocksAndShares (comment, 2023-02-14)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Plastic-Clock8427 (comment, 2024-12-20)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/BadgerFireNado (comment, 2025-01-10)
Ingredients and methodHide the recipe
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount | Role |
|---|---|---|
| BPC-157 | vial (amount not stated) | Active |
| Bacteriostatic water | not stated | Liquid / preservative |
Method
- Mix the powder with bacteriostatic water in the nose spray bottle.
- Refrigerate.
- How it’s used
- Users report about 300–500 mcg a day.
- Preservative
- Bacteriostatic water.
- Storage
- Fridge.
- Keeps for
- ‘Up to 40 days, some say longer. At least 30’ (one user).
- Another user recommends ‘bacteriostatic NaCl’ (bacteriostatic saline) over sterile water, but warns it may burn or dry the nose.
- Another says to use saline because ‘nasal BAC will burn’.
Not stated: the amount per dose.
Sources (6)
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/LieWorldly4492 (comment, 2023-12-27) (opens in a new tab)
“You get raw powder and bacteriostatic water, mix in a nose spray bottle and voila refrigerate it.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/LieWorldly4492 (comment, 2023-12-27) (opens in a new tab)
“Stable for up to 40 days, some say longer. At least 30.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/TheUltraSapien (comment, 2023-12-27) (opens in a new tab)
“It would come as powder and you reconstitute with SALINE solution, nasal BAC will burn”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/DrStocksAndShares (comment, 2023-02-14) (opens in a new tab)
“I’d go bacteriostatic NaCl over sterilised. Presuming you’ll be keeping it for a while, this will prevent any bacterial growth.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Plastic-Clock8427 (comment, 2024-12-20) (opens in a new tab)
“I’ve been taking BPC nasally for a couple months now. Around 300mcg a day.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/BadgerFireNado (comment, 2025-01-10) (opens in a new tab)
“I use 500mcg a day.”
How the method was put together, step by step with its sources
Editorial synthesis and reported strength comparison
This synthesized method combines source records. It has not been validated for preparation, sterility, compatibility, absorption or storage. Select a reported strength to inspect the arithmetic; no strength is selected for you.
No amounts were found in the reviewed recipe records for this one. What was found is under “Original source records”.
The general method for home-made nasal sprays, with its sources
Good to know
- Bacteriostatic water contains 0.9–1.1% benzyl alcohol as a preservative. Its label covers mixing injections, not nasal use; EU labels warn of allergic reactions.
- Some use store-bought saline nasal spray for its preservatives: often benzalkonium chloride, which can irritate the nose with long use, and sometimes benzyl alcohol.
- Never tap water: it is not sterile, and CDC researchers warn against it for nasal rinsing.
What people report
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Regulator
FDA: it has no, or only limited, safety information for BPC-157 for the proposed routes of administration.
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User reports
A user who used an Amazon-bought BPC-157 nasal spray about 3 times reported 2 weeks of dizziness; another stopped a BPC/TB-500 spray after hay-fever-like itching and sneezing.
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User reports
Experienced users doubt absorption: ‘The BPC will, a bit, but it’ll mostly just be you swallowing what goes to the back of your throat.’
Source: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Majalisk (2025-10-16) (opens in a new tab)
On the skin: home-made serums. Community recipes. Not tested.
Original source recordsHide
BPC-157 is sometimes put on the skin, either as a compounded cream, a ready-made cream from a peptide seller, or by stirring reconstituted injectable powder into a cream (sometimes with DMSO), mostly for wounds, scars and surgery recovery. The only documented recipes with amounts are from mouse burn studies (which users pass around as a protocol) and a compounding-pharmacy catalog; users are split, with several saying topical use does nothing.
Best evidence: Animal studies only: in mice, creams made by dissolving BPC-157 in water and mixing it into a neutral cream improved burn and laser-wound healing. No human topical trials were found. A US compounding pharmacy listed a 100 mcg per mL cream.
Research cream from mouse burn studies (animal research, not a human recipe)
Original source-specific report. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Exact form and route are limited to the source’s description.
- Study: Mikus D et al., Burns 2001 (mouse study)
- Study: Mikus D et al., Burns 2001
- Study: Bilic M et al., Burns 2005 (mouse CO2-laser wound study)
- Study: Sikiric P et al., Burns 2003 (mouse study)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/BPC157 (Aug 2019)
Batch: 50 g of cream
Ingredients and methodHide the recipe
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount | Role |
|---|---|---|
| BPC-157 | 50 mcg (strongest); lower creams used 5 mcg, 500 ng, 50 ng or 5 ng | Active |
| Distilled water | 2 mL | Solvent |
| Commercial neutral cream | 50 g | Base |
Method
- Dissolve the BPC-157 in 2 mL of distilled water.
- Mix into 50 g of plain (neutral) cream.
- Apply a thin layer to the wound.
- How it’s used
- In mice: a thin layer on the burn right after injury, then once a day.
- A later study from the same group used BPC-157 creams in corticosteroid-treated burned mice (1 mcg per gram of cream is mentioned).
- These are animal experiments; they show how the researchers made the cream, not a tested human dose.
- A 2019 r/Peptides answer points people to this mouse-study cream as ‘a protocol you can follow’.
Sources (5)
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StudyMikus D et al., Burns 2001 (mouse study) (opens in a new tab)
“50 microg of BPC 157 dissolved in 2 ml of distilled water was mixed with 50 g of commercial neutral cream”
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StudyMikus D et al., Burns 2001 (opens in a new tab)
“The first application of BPC 157 was immediately following burning, and thereafter, once daily, until 24 h before sacrifice.”
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StudyBilic M et al., Burns 2005 (mouse CO2-laser wound study) (opens in a new tab)
“confirms the effectiveness of an ointment containing 1 microg BPC 157 (dissolved in saline)/g neutral cream.”
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StudySikiric P et al., Burns 2003 (mouse study) (opens in a new tab)
“the addition of BPC-157 (1 microg/g cream)”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/BPC157 (Aug 2019) (opens in a new tab)
“Hi, yes BPC 157 can be used topically. There is a protocol you can follow in the paper:”
Compounded BPC-157 cream (US compounding pharmacy)
Original source-specific report. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Exact form and route are limited to the source’s description.
Batch: 30 g
Ingredients and methodHide the recipe
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount | Role |
|---|---|---|
| BPC-157 | 100 mcg per mL | Active |
| Transdermal cream base (not specified) | Base |
Method
Made by the pharmacy; no method is published.
- The same catalog lists a ‘BPC/HOD/GHK’ 2 mg/1 mg/2 mg per mL product in 30 mL; the text is garbled and its form is not clear.
Not stated: how it’s used.
Sources (1)
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“Cream: 100mcg/mL transdermal 30g”
Reconstituted injectable powder added to a cream or DMSO (community)
Original source-specific report. Collection checked 30 Sep 2026; presentation annotated 2026-10-01. Source date and reporter identity are not separately verified. Exact form and route are limited to the source’s description.
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Majalisk (Jun 2025)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/delicioushampster (Jun 2025)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Moobygriller (Oct 2024)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/New_Ad6054 post (May 2022)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/IGAtrolley (Jul 2023)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/yyuqqi (May 2022)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/trumpcovfefe (May 2022)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Massive-Sense3754 post (Jul 2023)
- Forum: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Interesting-Record92 (Jul 2023)
Batch: not stated
Ingredients and methodHide the recipe
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount | Role |
|---|---|---|
| BPC-157, freeze-dried vial, reconstituted | not stated | Active |
| Any cream | not stated | Base |
| DMSO (some users) | not stated | Penetration aid |
Method
Reconstitute a vial meant for injection and put some on the area or into a cream before applying.
- One user bought a ready-made ‘regenerative serum’ said to contain BPC-157 and GHK-Cu; its strength is not given.
- Some users mix BPC-157 with DMSO to push it into the skin and report a ‘noticeable effect’; others argue the peptide is too large (about 1,400 daltons) to pass through skin.
- Ready-made BPC-157/TB-500 creams are sold (one bought into Australia); commenters doubt they contain any detectable peptide.
Not stated: how it’s used.
Sources (9)
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Majalisk (Jun 2025) (opens in a new tab)
“Can just reconstitute some meant for injection and just squirt it onto the area or into a cream before applying”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/delicioushampster (Jun 2025) (opens in a new tab)
“its topical bioavailability is very very low if any unless combined with DMSO”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Moobygriller (Oct 2024) (opens in a new tab)
“I had zero results topically but after injecting for a period, that’s when the results popped in.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/New_Ad6054 post (May 2022) (opens in a new tab)
“I bought a bottle of bioprime regenerative serum (includes stable BP157 and GHK-CU)”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/IGAtrolley (Jul 2023) (opens in a new tab)
“I used bcp topically with DMSO and it actually had a noticeable effect”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/yyuqqi (May 2022) (opens in a new tab)
“I used a bpc 157 and tb 500 cream onto my hamstring strain and it healed in like 4 days.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/trumpcovfefe (May 2022) (opens in a new tab)
“The transdermal limit is a molecular weight of 500 daltons. BPC has a molecular weight of 1400 daltons.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Massive-Sense3754 post (Jul 2023) (opens in a new tab)
“Has anyone tried this sort of topical application of these peptides? Came into Australia ok.”
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ForumReddit r/Peptides, u/Interesting-Record92 (Jul 2023) (opens in a new tab)
“I bet no BPC157 or TB500 can be detected in the cream by any known test method.”
How the method was put together, step by step with its sources
Editorial synthesis and reported strength comparison
This synthesized method combines source records. It has not been validated for preparation, sterility, compatibility, absorption or storage. Select a reported strength to inspect the arithmetic; no strength is selected for you.
No amounts were found in the reviewed recipe records for this one. What was found is under “Original source records”.
The general method for home-made serums, with its sources
Good to know
- Use distilled water, not tap: tap water carries minerals, chlorine and microbes that can spoil the serum.
What people report
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Regulator
The FDA lists BPC-157 among compounding substances that may pose safety risks, saying it has little or no safety information for the proposed routes.
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User reports
Users report no benefit from BPC-157 on intact skin.
Source: Reddit r/Peptides, u/Moobygriller (Oct 2024) (opens in a new tab)
Research notes
No human dose-finding study exists, so every number is extrapolated. Sources disagree on once, twice or 3–4 times a day, on whether injecting near the injury matters, and on whether swallowed BPC-157 works outside the gut. The range runs from 25 mcg test doses to 5 mg a day in one clinic and 6 mg or more on bodybuilding forums. In July 2026 an FDA panel voted to recommend compounding it, but FDA has not decided. Most products are sold ‘for research’ with no guarantee of identity or purity; the FDA skin-darkening report involved such a product. Some clinics also offer BPC-157 by intravenous drip (Lifespan.io reported it on the intravenous-therapy price list of the clinic linked to the 2025 RAADfest hospitalizations, where the peptides given were never identified); no community dose for intravenous use was found.
Nasal spray
One self-described prescriber claimed on Reddit that oral and nasal BPC could legally be prescribed; this search found no FDA statement supporting that, and BPC-157 is on FDA’s safety-risk list.
On the skin
Evidence for skin use is from mice; the compounding catalog gives a cream strength but no dose. The FDA listing is about compounding in general, not specifically about creams.
What it is. In plain English.
A research peptide with extensive animal studies but very limited human evidence and no FDA-approved drug product.
BPC-157 is a chain of 15 amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Much of the interest in it comes from studies in animals. Those findings do not establish that it repairs injuries or treats gut conditions in people.
What it is and how it is studied
A 15-amino-acid peptide described in research as a fragment of a protein found in gastric juice. Its stability and effects in a seller’s oral product have not been established.
Animal studies suggest it promotes new blood vessels (through the VEGFR2 receptor), interacts with the nitric-oxide system, and speeds up fibroblasts, the cells that rebuild tendons and ligaments. It also protects the gut lining in rodents.
Reviewed 2026-10-01.
Structure. Nothing to show yet.
No experimental 3D structure of BPC-157 is in the .
Neither its name nor its 15-amino-acid sequence is in any entry.
Checked 30 Sep 2026.
Specs. The facts at a glance.
- Length
- 15 amino acids
- Sequence
- GEPPPGKPADDAGLV
- Sold as
- BPC-157 10 mg
- In blends
- KLOW Blend80 mg per vial
- Glow Blend70 mg per vial
- BPC-157 / TB45 mg / 5 mg per vial
- BPC-157 / TB4 (double)10 mg / 10 mg per vial
- Deadpool Blend10 / 10 / 10 mg per vial
- Regulatory status
- Not FDA-approved. In July 2026 the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee recommended including specified BPC-157 bulk forms on the 503A Bulks List; FDA has not issued a final determination. The advisory recommendation does not approve a drug. prohibits BPC-157.
- Also known as
- Body Protection Compound 157
Sources. What this page rests on.
Every source behind this page, with what it says and when it was checked, is in the Source library.
Original overview and research notes · annotated 2026-10-01
Historical collection text. Read alongside the claim corrections above; identity or evidence qualifications may supersede this wording.
Tissue and gut repair
The best-known “healing peptide.” Strong results in rats, almost no human trials.
A 15-amino-acid fragment of a larger protein found in human gastric juice. It’s unusually stable in stomach acid, which is why some people take it by mouth.
Animal studies suggest it promotes new blood vessels (through the VEGFR2 receptor), interacts with the nitric-oxide system, and speeds up fibroblasts, the cells that rebuild tendons and ligaments. It also protects the gut lining in rodents.
Hundreds of rodent studies, most from one research group in Zagreb, report faster healing of tendon, ligament, muscle, bone and gut injuries. Human data amount to a few small reports without control groups. No large randomized trial has been published.
Original status record: Not approved in any country. In July 2026 an FDA advisory panel voted to recommend allowing pharmacies to compound it, against FDA staff advice; the FDA has not decided. Banned by WADA since 2022.