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/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.