Compound or practice · Supplement
BPC-157
A viral 'healing peptide' with striking animal data and essentially zero human trials — popular, unproven, and unapproved.
- Overall grade
- Grade D
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
1 at grade D — 1 graded row
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Tissue / injury healingEvidence grade D
Animal-only
Unclearlow
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Tissue / injury healing (grade D).
The evidence in words
What it is
BPC-157 is a synthetic peptide fragment marketed for tendon, gut and injury healing, sold via research-chemical channels.
How it works
In animals it promotes angiogenesis and growth-factor signaling (VEGF) that speed tissue repair; whether this occurs in humans, and whether oral dosing survives digestion, is unknown.
What the evidence shows
The impressive tendon- and gut-healing results are almost entirely from rodent studies. There are no published human RCTs, no approved product, and no long-term safety data. It's banned by WADA for athletes.
Safety & interactions
No human safety data; sourced from unregulated suppliers with purity/contamination risk. Not an approved drug.
Bottom line
Fascinating animal science, but human evidence is absent and the supply chain is unregulated. Not something to inject on the strength of rodent data and testimonials.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- BPC-157 for Tissue / injury healingEvidence grade D — Animal-onlyEvidence grade D
- BPC-157: side effects, safety & interactionsNo human safety data; sourced from unregulated suppliers with purity/contamination risk. Not an approved drug.Evidence grade D
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Sources
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Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.