BPC 157: Miracle Healing Peptide or Hidden Danger? Peptide BPC 157 Does It Work? Breaking Down the Evidence and the Hype Have you thought about taking peptides that aren't approved by the FDA? Think again. CBS News' chief medical correspondent, @drlapook, shares a cautionary tale from medical history about why testing medications is I spent 4 months reporting on the peptide BPC 157 and its unlikely journey from a research lab in post communist Croatia to today's MAHA movement. Ask me anything. : r IAmA BPC 157: Experimental Peptide Creates Risk for Athletes