BPC-157
A synthetic "body protection compound" peptide derived from a gastric protein, used experimentally for tendon, ligament, gut, and soft-tissue healing. Not an approved drug.
Benefits
Why it is used: animal studies suggest faster tendon, ligament, muscle, and gut healing and new blood-vessel growth. Controlled human evidence is essentially absent.
Risks
No controlled human safety or efficacy data and unregulated sourcing; U.S. regulators have moved to restrict it from compounding. Banned in sport.
Informational only — not medical advice.
Body systems
Research (4)
- Emerging Use of BPC-157 in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: A Systematic Review Vasireddi et al. (2025) PubMed ↗
- Multifunctionality and Possible Medical Application of the BPC 157 Peptide-Literature and Patent Review Józwiak et al. (2025) PubMed ↗
- Intra-Articular Injection of BPC 157 for Multiple Types of Knee Pain Lee et al. (2021) PubMed ↗
- Gastric pentadecapeptide body protection compound BPC 157 and its role in accelerating musculoskeletal soft tissue healing Gwyer et al. (2019) PubMed ↗
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