In patients with Parkinsons disease on levodopa monotherapy, vitamin B supplementation can increase peripheral levodopa metabolism and thus reduce the amount of levodopa reaching the central nervous system, worsening symptom control
Adverse Effects They arent trivial, well beyond injection site swelling and redness
No serious adverse effects of hydroxocobalamin were reported, and many patients with otherwise presumably fatal poisoning survived
Clear communication can make the experience more comfortable
Drugs Medication, without a carrier or peptidase inhibitor, includes pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (a partial sequence of human gastric juice protein BPC, freely soluble in water at pH 7.0 and in saline
Studies to evaluate long term use and safety under defined administration protocols will be essential if BPC-157 is to advance beyond the current status as a research chemical