On social media, people describe suffering from a range of side effects after experimenting with unapproved peptides, including migraines, weakness, depression, nausea and vomiting, and anhedonia, a condition in which people stop being able to experience joy or pleasure. Mendias says he has seen patients who have dealt with adverse reactions that appear to be connected to their unapproved peptide use, including one person who “started peeing blood” after taking BPC-157.
“I would exercise extreme caution—caution with a capital C—when taking these drugs,” Topol says. “Just because your friend or your influencer told you that it worked doesn’t mean anything.”
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