What it is
Regulatory status: investigational peptide; not an FDA-approved drug or dietary supplement ingredient, and FDA has identified safety risks for compounded BPC-157
Mechanism evidence: animal
At a glance
What it is, why people use it, the evidence, and what to know before trying it.
Why people use it
- Tendon or ligament healing
- Post-surgical tissue recovery
- Gastrointestinal healing
Evidence at a glance
BPC-157 is an experimental peptide, not a proven recovery medicine. Animal findings and personal reports do not establish that oral or injected BPC-157 improves human surgical, tendon, or ligament healing.
Confidence: unsupported
Clinical safety
Contraindications, interactions and clinical cautions from reviewed sources.
Human safety, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, impurity risk, reproductive effects, cancer-related risk, and route-specific dosing are not adequately characterized. FDA flags compounded BPC-157 for potential immunogenicity and peptide-impurity concerns.
- Self-treatment in place of post-surgical medical care
- Use from an unverified or analytically uncharacterized source
Forms and variants
This review does not automatically apply to:
- BPC-157 acetate assumed equivalent without analytical data
- injectable and oral routes assumed equivalent
- multi-peptide blends