Running vs cycling BPC — anyone actually stop for long enough to tell?
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Observation: most people I talk to who 'cycle' BPC are actually off for 1-2 weeks before restarting because they feel worse or because an old injury whispers. That's not a cycle, that's a dose holiday.
Has anyone been completely off BPC for 2+ months after a long run? What happened? Did the benefits persist, fade slowly, or crash?
I'm asking because I want to know if the cycling guidance is actually giving us any observational signal on long-term vs short-term effects.
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31 posts
Achilles, ran 8 weeks, stopped for 4 months. Benefit persisted. Didn't slide back. This was after a full rehab block though, so I attribute the durability to the rehab and the BPC to the window that let me do the rehab.
- BPC-157 · 500 mcg · 2x/day local to knee · sub-Q
- TB-500 · 5 mg · weekly loading · sub-Q
50 posts
Medial epi, 6 weeks on, 3 months off. Pain came back at about month 2 off but at a much lower intensity than before the cycle. Re-ran 4 weeks and it dropped again. So partial durability, not full.
- BPC-157 · 250 mcg · 2x/day local · sub-Q
- TB-500 · 2 mg · weekly · sub-Q
19 posts
Gut protocol, 6 weeks on, 8 weeks off. Symptoms crept back over weeks 6-8. Not crashed, just drifting. Did a second cycle and the effect was similar. Looks like maintenance territory for me.
- BPC-157 · 500 mcg · 2x/day local · sub-Q
- TB-500 · 2 mg · 2x/wk · sub-Q
18 posts
Interesting split. Durable for tendons, drifty for gut. That tracks with 'acute healing is a one-time thing, inflammatory gut is an ongoing process.'