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Shrey Sharma's avatar

Is this a common side effect in medicine as a whole? iirc martin shkreli's take was that the high molecular weight of peptides like BPC-157 would both reduce efficacy but also be safer than most small molecule medicine because its harder for it to cross lipid membranes or the blood brain barrier. I think it could just be a nocebo effect

Sebastian Jensen's avatar

The effect definitely felt real. Whether it was caused directly by BPC-157 is a different question.

Performative Bafflement's avatar

Tour de force write up, kudos for pulling all that together, and even doing a sizing of anhedonia side effects triangulation.

One of the most interesting parts to me, that I hadn't previously been aware of, was your section on rat / mice dosage adjustment. I'd always wondered why the longevity people thought they could get away with ~10x lower doses once per week of Rapamycin vs the mouse studies, and that answered it directly.