The Hidden Risks of BPC157: What Patients Need to Know About Contamination and Safety Regenexx at New Regeneration Orthopedics Why would a patient trust a peptide more than a statin? STAT What is the efficacy of intranasal BPC 157 (Body Protection Compound 157)? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving toward allowing compounding pharmacies to produce more than a dozen injectable peptides that were banned because of potentially significant safety risks, the New York BPC 157 aka Wolverine. This peptide is not FDA approved, but it is very popular among the biohacking population. Ashley explains the science behind it, but remember, it doesn't have human data yet, so Are Peptides Safe? What Older Adults Need to Know