Used as prescribed for indicated medical conditions
Its most distinctive physicochemical property is hydrolytic stability at low pH, unlike almost every peptide of comparable length, BPC-157 resists degradation in human gastric juice, a characteristic emphasised throughout the published work of Sikiric and colleagues (Curr Med Chem, 2012)
In a previous phase II randomized controlled clinical study, Tivantinib, a highly selective c-Met inhibitor, improved median time to progression and OS time in patients with Met-high advanced HCC compared with placebo (Santoro et al., 2013)
[10] Subcutaneous injections are relatively quick (done in a few minutes) and can be administered in a doctors office or self-administered at home if the patient is comfortable with it
Since results are not permanent, sessions often need to be repeated to maintain skin-lightening effects