I had chronic heartburn issues for a few years, preceding and during the COVID era.
My doctor asked me about the heartburn during an annual visit, told me she’d had success treating people with a 30-day oral regimen of BPC, and asked if I would be interested in trying it as an unproven-but-promising approach. I had no idea it was being used in that way at the time, but understood the risks and decided it was worth trying.
The compound itself came prepared in capsules from a local compounding pharmacy and cost ~$200 for the full supply.
I took it daily, and while I still had heartburn for the first few weeks, it felt like I could shrug off the damage better and had less esophageal discomfort. Around the three week mark, there was a notable remission of reflux, and after the full course, I’ve been able to live and eat normally without any GERD-related symptoms. I don’t know how much of the QoL improvement can be chalked up to direct action of the peptide, versus the peptide acting as a salve to wean off the PPI I was taking — but if nothing else, it made that transition far more bearable than it otherwise would have been.
I did not notice any systemic effects on healing and recovery during the 30 days, nor any sort of unpleasant side effect.
I had chronic heartburn issues for a few years, preceding and during the COVID era.
My doctor asked me about the heartburn during an annual visit, told me she’d had success treating people with a 30-day oral regimen of BPC, and asked if I would be interested in trying it as an unproven-but-promising approach. I had no idea it was being used in that way at the time, but understood the risks and decided it was worth trying.
The compound itself came prepared in capsules from a local compounding pharmacy and cost ~$200 for the full supply.
I took it daily, and while I still had heartburn for the first few weeks, it felt like I could shrug off the damage better and had less esophageal discomfort. Around the three week mark, there was a notable remission of reflux, and after the full course, I’ve been able to live and eat normally without any GERD-related symptoms. I don’t know how much of the QoL improvement can be chalked up to direct action of the peptide, versus the peptide acting as a salve to wean off the PPI I was taking — but if nothing else, it made that transition far more bearable than it otherwise would have been.
I did not notice any systemic effects on healing and recovery during the 30 days, nor any sort of unpleasant side effect.
Intriguing. I have chronic silent GERD due to a sphincter not closing properly.