STAXMAXXX INDEX / PERFORM / Clinical
BPC-157
The forum favorite with almost no human evidence.
STAXXX evidence grade · BPC-157
INSUFFICIENT
The human evidence is not there. Whatever you have heard, it has not been shown.
- STRONG
- MODERATE
- EMERGING
- INSUFFICIENT
- Regulatory status
- Unapproved / investigational
- Sources on file
- 3 total · 0 human · 2 pending
- Rubric score
- 0.25 weighted
WHAT IT IS
HOW IT WORKS
WHERE THE EVIDENCE STANDS
SOURCES
- REFERENCEPreclinicalPending document
Preclinical rodent literature on BPC-157 and soft-tissue healing
Multiple journals; substantially overlapping research groups
Animal and cell data only; no published human randomized trials.
- REFERENCERegulatory status
Prohibited List — S0 category, non-approved substances
World Anti-Doping Agency
Prohibited in sport at all times as a non-approved substance.
- REFERENCERegulatory statusPending document
FDA evaluation of bulk drug substances nominated for compounding — BPC-157 identified as presenting significant safety risks
US Food and Drug Administration
2 of 3 documents are not confirmed yet. Pending means pending.
REGULATORY STATUS
WHO THIS IS FOR
- People deep in recovery forums who deserve the actual state of the evidence
- Anyone whose feed says peptide and whose search results say nothing checkable
WHAT PEOPLE GET WRONG
- There is a lot of research behind BPC-157.
- There is a lot of rodent research, much of it from overlapping groups. Human randomized evidence — the kind every other grade on this index is built from — does not exist in the published literature.
- If it were dangerous, it would be banned.
- It is unapproved, which is a stronger statement than banned: it never passed the safety evaluation that approval requires. WADA prohibits it in sport, and the FDA has flagged safety concerns in the compounding context.
QUESTIONS
- Does STAXXX sell BPC-157?
- No, and we will not. It is not approved for human use and there is no compliant retail path for it. Any site selling it to you is operating outside the regulated supply chain, whatever its labels say.
- So what should someone with a nagging injury actually do?
- See a clinician or sports-medicine professional — the boring answer that is also the only one backed by evidence. Structured rehab has the human data this compound lacks.
Reference only · Not medical advice · No dosing, protocols, or sourcing anywhere in this index · Last reviewed 2026-08-15 · How we grade