International scheduling Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (interim decision, April 2024) and New Zealand's Medsafe (Medicines Classification Committee, June 2025) have moved to schedule BPC-157 as a prescription-only medicine, despite its unavailability through legitimate prescription
For example, vegans or vegetarians may need to add an extra dose of this vitamin since natural B12 sources mainly come from meat, fish, eggs, and dairy
Split dosing (dividing the daily amount into two injections, morning and evening) maintains more consistent tissue levels throughout the day
Due to its unusual structural stability and resistance to degradation in acidic environments, BPC-157 has attracted attention in experimental models studying vascular repair, inflammatory modulation, and soft tissue regeneration