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Still sore months after an injury?A doctor can check if BPC-157 may help your body repair it.
BPC-157 is a peptide, a tiny piece of protein like the ones your body already makes. It may help your body grow new blood vessels at a sore tendon, ligament or muscle, so more of its own repair cells reach it. It may also help with gut problems that keep coming back. New to peptides? Read what they are first.
R99
Once-off doctor consult
- No subscription
- Nothing else is charged today
- You only pay for therapy if the doctor prescribes it
- IncludedA call with a registered South African doctor
- IncludedA clear answer on whether BPC-157 suits you
- IncludedThe price of your therapy before you decide
If the doctor says this therapy isn’t right for you, they will tell you exactly why. You pay nothing more.
By law, only a doctor can decide if BPC-157 is right for you.
Not sure yet? Ask us a question about BPC-157This is for you if any of these sound like you.
A doctor still checks that BPC-157 suits you before anything is prescribed.
- You hurt a tendon or ligament, like your Achilles, knee or elbow, and it still hurts months later
- You have a muscle strain that comes back every time you train
- You have a tendon that aches every time you walk, lift or run
- You tried rest, physio and anti-inflammatories, and it still hasn’t gone away
- You are healing from a broken bone, and it feels slow
- You have gut problems that keep coming back
- You want a doctor to check you first, not a vial from someone at the gym
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Here is how you get BPC-157 legally, in 3 steps.
- 1
Answer a few questions
It takes 60 seconds, so the doctor knows your injury and your health before the call.
- 2
Pay R99 and a doctor phones you
A registered South African doctor usually phones within 30 minutes to talk it through with you.
- 3
The doctor decides if it suits you
If it does, our own licensed pharmacy makes your pen and keeps it cold all the way to your door.
What the doctor actually asks you on the call. It is a normal doctor consultation, not a sales call. Expect the doctor to go through your answers and your health history, and to decide whether a peptide is safe and right for you.
Then the doctor tells you whether a peptide suits you at all. If it does not, they say so and tell you why. Nothing is prescribed, and you pay nothing more than the R99.
Tendon and ligament injuries heal slowly because very little blood reaches them. BPC-157 may help your body grow new blood vessels there.
Blood carries the oxygen, nutrients and repair cells your body needs to fix an injury, so a spot with a poor blood supply can stay sore for months.
- It may help your body build new, tiny blood vessels at the sore spot, bringing more oxygen and nutrients to where you are hurt.
- It may help draw in the repair cells your body already makes and guide them into damaged tissue.
- It may help protect and repair the lining of your gut.
Clarve makes BPC-157 in our own licensed pharmacy in Johannesburg, from pharmaceutical-grade ingredients that are lab-tested to be at least 98% pure.
Why an injury can stay sore for months, and how BPC-157 may help your body repair it.
A tendon has far fewer blood vessels than a muscle, so far less blood reaches it when it is hurt. That is the real reason a tendon injury can drag on for months while a pulled muscle settles in weeks.
Blood is what fixes an injury. It carries the oxygen, the food your cells need and the repair cells your body sends to damaged tissue. A muscle is packed with blood vessels, which is why a pulled muscle usually settles within a few weeks.
A tendon is not. Tendons and ligaments have very few blood vessels, so far less of that blood reaches them. The same injury in a tendon can still hurt months later, even after you rested it, saw a physio and took anti-inflammatories.
Blood carries the oxygen, nutrients and repair cells your body needs to fix an injury. A tendon gets very little of it, so it can stay sore for months.
This is where BPC-157 comes in. It is a peptide, a tiny piece of protein, based on a substance your stomach already makes to protect itself.
It may help your body grow new, tiny blood vessels into the sore spot, and may help draw in the repair cells you already make. Your body does the repairing. The peptide may help it get what it needs to do the job.
BPC-157 may help your body grow new blood vessels at the sore spot, so more of your own repair cells reach the damage.
So why a pen, and not a pill? A peptide is a short chain of amino acids. Most peptides are broken apart by your stomach before your body can use them, which is why they are injected under the skin instead of swallowed.
A small injection skips your stomach, so the chain arrives whole and your doctor knows exactly what reached you and how much. That is why Clarve makes BPC-157 as a ready-to-use pen, never as a capsule, spray or cream.
Most peptides are broken apart by your stomach before your body can use them, which is why they are injected under the skin instead of swallowed.
It may also help protect and repair the lining of your gut, which is why people ask a doctor about it for gut problems as well as for injuries.
What it is not: a painkiller, and not a guarantee. A registered doctor decides whether it suits you at all, and tells you straight if it does not.
BPC-157 is not for you if one of these is true.
- You have an active or recent cancer diagnosis, and no clearance from your specialist
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding
- You are an athlete who gets drug-tested for your sport
Like any medicine, BPC-157 is not right for everyone. That is why a registered doctor reads your health history before anything is prescribed.
BPC-157 bought without a prescription has no doctor and no lab test behind it.
Most people in South Africa get peptides from someone at the gym, a friend or a seller on WhatsApp. Nobody checks what is inside, or whether it suits them. Compare that with a doctor and a licensed pharmacy.
| Without a prescriptionUnlicensed sellers | With a Clarve doctorClarve | |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides if it is right for you | No one. The seller just takes your money. | A registered SA doctor, before any order. |
| What is actually in it | No one has tested it, so the dose could be wrong or it could be contaminated. | Pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, lab-tested to at least 98% purity. |
| Is it legal? | Usually an unregistered medicine sold with no prescription, and parcels from overseas can be seized. | Yes. A registered doctor prescribes it and a licensed pharmacy makes it. |
| If you get side effects or have questions | You are on your own. | You can contact your doctor during your treatment. |
| Who made it | An unknown lab, often overseas, with no way to trace it. | Clarve’s own licensed pharmacy in Johannesburg, checked by a pharmacist. |
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Here is what arrives at your door if the doctor prescribes it.
A ready-to-use BPC-157 pen
Made to your prescription in our licensed pharmacy, with your name on it. There is nothing to mix.
Clear instructions
Your doctor sets how much you take and for how long, and you get written instructions with your pen.
Kept cold all the way
A temperature-controlled courier delivers anywhere in South Africa, in about 48 hours once it is sent.
A doctor you can contact
If anything feels wrong during your treatment, you can contact your doctor.
Get your questions about BPC-157 answered first.
Yes, when a registered South African doctor prescribes it and a licensed pharmacy makes it. It is not a registered medicine, so nobody can legally sell it to you without a prescription. Clarve gives you both the doctor and the licensed pharmacy.
BPC-157 is a peptide based on a substance your stomach makes to protect itself. It may help your body build new blood vessels at a sore spot, draw in the repair cells you already make, and protect the lining of your gut. Your doctor decides if it suits you at the R99 consult.
No. The doctor only prescribes it if it suits your health and what you want help with. If it isn’t right for you, they will tell you exactly why and what you can do instead. You pay nothing more than the R99.
Our prices are market-related, so you’re not paying crazy extra for doing it the legal way. The doctor consult is a once-off R99. If the doctor prescribes BPC-157, you get the exact price before you pay anything more, and you decide then whether to go ahead.
A doctor has to prescribe it, because whether it is safe depends on your health. A registered doctor reviews your full health history to decide whether it is safe for you, and your pen is made from lab-tested, pharmaceutical-grade ingredients. If anything feels wrong during your treatment, you can contact your doctor.
No study has shown that BPC-157 causes cancer. The concern people raise is that, because it may help grow new blood vessels, a hidden or existing cancer could in theory use a new blood supply too. That is exactly why a doctor screens your history first, and why an active or recent cancer diagnosis is on our not-for-you list.
Yes. It is a small injection just under the skin, from a ready-to-use pen with a needle much thinner than the one used for a blood test. Your doctor sets how much you take and for how long at the consult, and you get clear instructions.
Yes, if your doctor thinks it suits you. BPC-157 and TB4 used together is called the Wolverine Stack. BPC-157 may help at the sore spot, while TB4 may help more widely across your body. Your doctor decides whether you need both or whether one is enough.
If you are a drug-tested athlete, this is not for you. BPC-157 is on the World Anti-Doping Agency banned list at all times, and anti-doping tests can detect it. Your doctor screens for this at the consult.
No. You are not allowed to order it from abroad for personal use without special permission from SAHPRA, the South African medicines regulator. Without it the order is unlawful and can be stopped at customs. Going through a South African doctor avoids all of that.
If you buy it without a prescription, you usually cannot know, because nobody has tested what is inside. With Clarve, your pen is made in our own licensed pharmacy from pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, and each ingredient is tested in a lab to check it is at least 98% pure.
In animal studies, BPC-157 helped injured tendons, ligaments, muscles and the gut lining heal. In people the research is still early: three small studies with about 30 people in total, and none of them compared BPC-157 with a dummy treatment. A bigger study in 120 people with strained hamstrings is running now, with results expected in 2027. Until then, only a doctor can tell you if BPC-157 may help you.
Nobody knows yet how quickly it may help people. No study in people has measured it. If a doctor prescribes it, ask them on the call what to expect.
No serious side effects were reported in the small studies in people so far. But those studies had about 30 people in total, so they are too small to rule out effects that happen less often, and nobody knows yet what it does over many years. That is why a doctor checks your health and your other medicines first, and why you can contact your doctor during your treatment.
It is sold in all those forms elsewhere, but Clarve only makes it as a ready-to-use pen. Capsules, sprays and creams from gyms and unlicensed sellers are not made for you by a licensed pharmacy, so nobody has checked what is really inside them or how much of it reaches you.
No study has tested that in people yet. In animal studies BPC-157 helped a cut knee ligament, tendons and muscles heal in rats, and helped bone heal in rabbits. We found no study on the meniscus, knee cartilage or the discs in your back. A doctor can tell you on the call whether it may help your injury, alongside your physio’s or surgeon’s plan.
No study has shown that it does either. The research looks at helping injured tendons, muscles and the gut heal, not at building muscle or burning fat. It is not a steroid and not a hormone.
Yes, women can ask a doctor about BPC-157, for the same reasons as men, like a tendon or muscle injury that is slow to heal. It is not for anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding, because nobody has tested it in them.
No. In July 2026 an advisory panel in the US voted 8 to 6 that pharmacies there may make it, but that vote is advice, not an approval, and the FDA has not approved BPC-157 as a medicine.
No pharmacy may sell it to you over the counter. In South Africa it is only legal when a registered doctor prescribes it and a licensed pharmacy makes it for you. A shop, gym or seller who hands it over without a prescription is not doing it legally.
Only your doctor can tell you that. How much, and for how long, depends on your health and your problem, so your doctor decides it on the call, if BPC-157 suits you at all.
You know who checked you, who made it, and what is in it.
Decided by a registered doctor, not a checkout button.
A doctor who knows peptides
Before anything is prescribed or made, a registered South African doctor looks at your health history and what you want help with, and decides whether BPC-157 is safe and suitable for you. If it isn’t, they tell you why and what to do instead.
Made in Clarve’s own licensed pharmacy
Clarve has its own licensed compounding pharmacy in Johannesburg. We make your medicine to your doctor’s prescription, with your name on it, not a powder from an unlicensed seller.
Every ingredient is lab-tested
Cheap peptides from personal trainers and unlicensed sellers are often research grade, which means they were made for lab experiments, not for people. We only use pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, and each one is tested in a lab to check it is at least 98% pure before we make your pen.
Registered SA doctorsRegistered with the HPCSA, the council for doctorsA doctor reads your health history firstOnly sent with a valid prescription
One sore spot, or several? Your doctor decides which peptide fits you.
As a general guide, people ask about BPC-157 when one spot is sore, and about TB4 when several places are sore. Some people use both together.
BPC-157 is used for pain in one place. TB4 is used more widely when several places are sore. Your doctor decides which one fits you, or whether you need both.
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BPC-157
Used for one sore spot
Used for one problem area, such as a tendon, a ligament, a muscle or the gut. It may help your body repair the damage right where it hurts.
Used across the whole body
TB4
It may act more widely across your body. It may help move repair cells to where they are needed, in more than one place at a time.
Read about TB4Why some people use both: the Wolverine Stack
BPC-157 may help at the injury itself, while TB4 may help more widely across your body. Your doctor decides at the R99 consult whether you need both or whether one is enough.
R99 is the consult, not the medicine
Find out if a doctor thinks BPC-157 could help your injury.
Pay a once-off R99 to speak to a registered doctor, who decides whether BPC-157 suits you. If the doctor says this therapy isn’t right for you, they will tell you exactly why. You pay nothing more.
Prescription needed · Licensed South African pharmacy · Kept cold all the way to your door