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BPC-157

A short lab-made piece (15 beads) of a protein found in stomach juice. Almost everything known about it comes from studies in rats. Not approved for people anywhere. Banned in sport.

FDA

Not approved for human use. BPC-157 does not appear on FDA’s live 503A Category 1/2/3 nomination PDF (media/94155, updated May 14, 2026). Separately, FDA’s Significant Safety Risks page lists it under “Bulk drug substances nominated but withdrawn” (content current as of 2026-04-22). Withdrawal of a nomination is not approval for compounding or human use. A July 2026 PCAC vote recommended adding it to the compounding list — advisory only; not a final rule.

WADA

Prohibited in sport (S0, non-approved substances).

Human trials

Nothing on file. USADA: no human trials establishing efficacy.

Lab report

2 of 2 lots verified at the lab. Checked 15 Sep 2026.

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How far up the evidence ladder is it?

Every compound starts in a dish and, if it works and it's safe, climbs. Most research peptides never leave the second rung. The ladder tells you how much we actually know — not whether something is "good."

BPC-157 sits on rung 2: many rat studies, mostly from one research group. A human trial program was started and never published results.

"studied" and "studied in people" are different rungs.

What the studies claim

"Claim" means a paper says it. Not that it's proven in people.

Protective effects on the gut in rat models [S3, S4]
A proposed mechanism involving nitric oxide — not settled [S3]
Tendon and ligament effects are widely repeated online. The primary papers are rodent studies we have not yet read and cited, so this page does not repeat the claim — it will appear here when the sources do.

What nobody knows

The honest column. Most sites leave it out.

Long-term safety in humans — no published data
Immune reactions by route — FDA flagged it, nobody has characterized it
Whether the rat findings replicate outside the one lab that produced most of them

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Background check: Peptide Restore BPC-157 10 mg

Checked 15 Sep 2026 · re-check due Dec 2026

Lot	Lab report	Identity	Purity	Endotoxin	Found at the lab?	Status
260518BPC01	Jun 2026	BPC-157 (LC-MS)	99.35%	Pass	Yes — identical file	Verified
2510280105	Oct 2025	BPC-157	99.746%	Pass	Yes — identical file	Verified

Verified — the lab's own database returned the same document, byte for byte.

Unverified — the lab couldn't find it. Could be a filing gap. Still unverified.

Nothing on file — no document exists to check.

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Questions people actually search

Is BPC-157 FDA approved?

No. It is not approved for human use by FDA or any other health authority. It does not appear on FDA’s 503A Category 1/2/3 nomination PDF (https://www.fda.gov/media/94155/download, updated May 14, 2026). Separately, FDA’s Significant Safety Risks page lists BPC-157 under “Bulk drug substances nominated but withdrawn” (as of 2026-04-22). Withdrawal ≠ approval. A July 2026 advisory-committee (PCAC) vote recommended adding it to the compounding list; that vote is advisory only — FDA has not issued a final rule changing its status.

Is BPC-157 banned in sports?

Yes. WADA prohibits it under S0 Non-Approved Substances.

Is BPC-157 a "natural" peptide?

It is a synthetic fragment of a naturally occurring gastric protein. "Derived from" a natural protein is not the same as naturally occurring in the form sold.

Are there human studies on BPC-157?

Per USADA, no human clinical trials establishing efficacy for any diagnosis or treatment. Earlier trial programs are referenced but outcomes were not published.

How do I verify a BPC-157 vial?

Lot ID on the vial → matching third-party COA → purity with method → impurity data → origin documentation. If any link in that chain is missing, it isn't documented.

Sources

Who wrote it matters. The last column says so.

id	title	type	date	why	bias
S1	Certain Bulk Drug Substances for Use in Compounding that May Present Significant Safety Risks	regulator	page updated 2026-04-22	SSR / nominated-but-withdrawn page — cite with S1b; not the Cat PDF.	Regulator; conservative by design
S1b	Bulk Drug Substances Nominated for Use in Compounding Under Section 503A	regulator	updated 2026-05-14	Live Cat 1/2/3 PDF — BPC-157 absent from all three lists	Regulator
S2	BPC-157: Experimental Peptide Creates Risk for Athletes	regulator	2020 (mod. 2026-08-10)	WADA status; absence of human trials	Anti-doping agency; risk-forward
S3	Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157, Robert's Stomach Cytoprotection/Adaptive Cytoprotection/Organoprotection, and Selye's Stress Coping Response: Progress, Achievements, and the Future	lit	see PubMed	Broad review from the originating group	Authored by the group that generated most of the literature
S4	Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and Intestinal Anastomoses Therapy in Rats — A Review	lit	see PubMed	Recent review; explicitly rat-model scope	Same group as S3
S5	Stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 in trials for inflammatory bowel disease (Pliva, Croatia)	lit	see PubMed	Only source in hand referencing a human trial program	Same group; outcomes not reported
S6	The Prohibited List	regulator	current edition	Primary WADA list	Regulator

Not cited on purpose: vendor blog posts about FDA "removing" BPC-157 in 2026 (no FDA primary citation), and any secondary "BPC-157 benefits" articles. Empty verified slots beat fake citations.

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Vendors: Peptide Restore, LLC (Utah) — not affiliated with Restore Peptides (New Mexico) · Capstone Peptides (Capstone Holdings LLC). Vendor statements about origin are not independently verified. · COA lab on file: Freedom Diagnostics · Editor: Chas Dearie · Last reviewed: 30 Sep 2026

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