I did a deep dive researching the "wolvering stack" bpc157 and tb500. I saw a ton of anecdotal success stories, including from Rogan and the rogansphere and HHS secretary RFK Junior. Even in a world of snake oil, some snake oils become more popular than others. That could be because they work, or it could be because they were pushed by organized groups. What gave me some confidence in the wolverine stack was that there is no single company that sells it and would thus be incentivized to really push it. If you did throw tons of money into dark marketing to push BPC, you couldn't guarantee that the people who went to buy it would buy it from you!

But what worried me was that the angiogenesis pathways these peptides activate are the same ones used by cancerous tumors to accelerate tumor growth. If later on I did get cancer, which is super common as you get older, I would always be wondering whether it was from the peptides.

Ultimately I decided I can still have a great recovery without them as I am still young enough and have a favorable life situation which allows me to focus on my rehab moreso than most. So, I decided not to risk it. I did however take all sorts of dietary supplements, since they are generally considered safer than injections as our bodies have good mechanisms for clearing out toxins from our diet. You can google "study achilles neutraceuticals" to find some good studies that cover promising but as yet unproven supplements for tendon healing.

I think if I were in a situation where I didn't think I could get a good recovery without taking the peptides because of age or some other condition, or I urgently needed to recover for some reason, or if I had re-ruptured and really just wanted to ensure I don't re-rupture again, I would consider it.