Some of the most important medicines we already have are peptides: Insulin has kept people with diabetes alive for a century, and semaglutide is the blockbuster of the decade
Any dose decision should be made with a clinician
Glutathione has been shown to treat and prevent chronic conditions such as cataracts, cancer, aging, alcoholism, liver disease, lung disease, Alzheimers disease, and more
BPC-157 work centres on local angiogenic signalling, with Hsieh and colleagues (J Mol Med, 2017) reporting VEGFR2 upregulation and internalisation in human endothelial cells, and Chang and colleagues (J Appl Physiol, 2011) reporting increased focal adhesion kinase and paxillin phosphorylation in cultured rat tendon fibroblasts
Quantitative sensory testing
Some people see results right away, but for the most part, the advantages build over time