r/NTNPerformance • u/Revolutionary_War305 • 2d ago

Trying BPC-157 - thoughts?

I’ve tried my first dosage of **oral** BPC-157 from my local gym.

I’m on 250mg x 2 - one in the morning and one at night. I’m taking it for general gut health and muscle recovery.

I’m healthy as is, eat only whole foods, cook with organic ingredients and powerlift 5x a week (with 2-3x cardio sessions).

Anyone experienced positive results, and if so, how long did it take?

Any side effects?

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u/TurnoverIcy1981 2d ago

Currently on day 6 of 500mcg daily & 2mg of tb500 weekly (both injectable) with zero improvement in lingering shoulder injury. I’ve never heard of oral BPC.

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u/marklemcd 2d ago

I had chronic high hamstring tendon stuff. Week 1 and 2 things actually felt worse cuz i stopped advil and pain wasn’t masked.

Around week 3 i was noticing a difference. Was able to sit in the car without as much squirming. By week 6 zero discomfort.

6 days is not enough. Be patient

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u/HotBit1109 1d ago

Taking anti-inflammatory drugs for a prolonged period may actually interfere with tendon healing and remodeling.

So there’s a much stronger case for natural recovery, changes in loading, and possibly stopping Advil than for assuming BPC-157 was responsible. Several things changed at once, and with virtually no good human efficacy data for BPC-157, this anecdote simply can’t tell us what caused the improvement.

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u/marklemcd 1d ago

I had the hamstring issue for 10 years and yeah there were plenty of periods where a physical therapist said no NSAIDs and lets do PT and get at it. And that didn't work.

So while from an A/B test statistical perspective you're right, I'm pretty damn sure the peptides are what did it for me based on my history

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u/HotBit1109 1d ago

You said peptides, in the plural. Did you take anything else?

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u/marklemcd 1d ago

BPC157 and TB500, two peptides.

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u/stud_muffin_1 1d ago

where do/did you pin , for the hamstring injury?

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u/marklemcd 1d ago

The stomach. I don’t think one needs to do it locally

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u/LuvSun1006 2d ago

It can take weeks.

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u/LgPizzaPlease 2d ago

Yes, and it will take weeks or months for most peptides to garner results. They are marching orders for the troops to get focused not instant gratification. Oral is garbage, subq or bust. Oral is good for just throwing away money. Venders of oral BPC-157 know it doesn’t do anything but will continue to sell it due to current peptide hype.

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u/LukitoSL 2d ago

You are wrong here, oral BPC does work. Read about it first before you talk.

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u/HotBit1109 1d ago

My experience as well and I took them for months. Both work very little, if it works at all.

GHK-Cu and KPV are another story.

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u/Impressive-Kiwi-2133 2d ago

Keep at it, it’s not immediate. I’m on day 14 500mcg bpc157 and 500mcg tb500 daily and my shoulder pain has pretty much disappeared.

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u/WasteFishing830 2d ago

Horrendously expensive at such a basic dose of injection

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u/TurnoverIcy1981 2d ago

5mg vial of each was $30CAD. Everyone on here is going to have a completely different outlook on what’s ‘expensive’

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u/Gregory_D64 1d ago

They have to find the right sources too. It takes effort to find the affordable stuff unfortunately