Skip to the briefing Turn a clinic search into questions QUESTION KIT / READ THE OFFER CLOSELY Take the question at your own pace. When is the wording a reason to pause? You see a seal, a test score that looks reassuring and a label saying the product is for research. Ask what each one actually tells you. Ask for the record behind a claim, then ask what that record proves. Review the approval status CHECK / OPEN The wording of the offer The record behind it What the record shows What it leaves open Ask what the record actually proves. Registration is not approval FDA registration means a maker has sent its business details to the agency. A drug listing means a product is recorded in the government's searchable drug list. Neither means FDA approval, as checked in September 2026. An NDC (National Drug Code) provides a number for listing a drug product in a government drug directory. The product's directory number is not proof of FDA approval. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that seals or logos on health websites may look official even when they are forged. Keep a copy of the claim. Ask the person offering care to point to the exact approval record they mean. Ask during the conversation Does this record show registration, listing or approval? Which exact product and use does it cover? A test score does not answer every product question Most BPC-157 test sheets FDA reviewed gave only a purity figure—a measure of how much of the tested sample is the intended ingredient. They left out details of tests for unwanted substances, called impurities. This finding was checked in September 2026. For a medicine given by injection, FDA also identifies tests for germs, harmful substances left by bacteria and stray particles as safety checks. Those harmful substances are called bacterial toxins. Ask for the full sheet and a plain explanation of its limits. Ask whether it concerns the raw ingredient or the medicine you would receive. Ask during the conversation What does this test sheet establish, and what does it leave unknown? Natural origins and research labels do not prove permission or safety BPC-157 is made in a lab; its link to a stomach-juice protein does not establish safety. A research-use label describes material offered for laboratory work; it does not make it a medicine for patient care. FDA has not reviewed a BPC-157 product for patient use, as checked in September 2026. If the offer is to join a study, ask for the study's name, who runs it and the written information for people joining. A label alone does not answer these questions. Ask for an answer about the exact medicine, rather than a reassuring label. Ask during the conversation What human evidence supports the claim being made here? Why is a research label being cited in a care discussion? Get an answer you can return to If a reply changes the subject, restate the question. Ask for the source and a written answer. If the answer is still unclear, leave the decision open. You can take your notes into another assessment. Source notes for this briefing FDA explains what approval does and does not mean FDA's explanation of drug directory codes FTC's advice about health-site claims FDA's review of the compound and test sheets FDA explains research labels Start Read the offer closely Previous: Understand the unknowns Next: Unpack the cost The guide helps you ask care questions; this site runs no clinic and supplies no product. Find a briefing Question sheet Read this briefing as text Take the next question when you are ready.