Hi. I was listening to this episode of the Huberman Lab Podcast:
https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-craig-koniver-peptide-hormone-therapies-for-health-performance-longevity
in the Youtube video, at 19 min, is a section named "BPC-157, Inflammation" that I think is very interesting for us if really this peptide BPD-157 do really functions as an antiinflammatory substance.
On the other hand, I was wondering if some of you is using collagen (a protein) supplements, that other people claim is useful for improving pain in the joints.
Any of you have any experience with these substances?
Thank you for this post! It reminded me of my early days of Autoimmune disease, when I did take collagen supplements, with good effect, when my diagnosis was Sarcoidosis and inflammatory poly arthritis.
As Other Dx were added, and treatment escalated to steroids, MTX and DMARDS, the collagen kind of fell away, but now, having reviewed some recent research, I plan to restart it. One new thing I found, which is very timely for me, is that it seems to improve bone density in post menopausal women, and since I was recently Dx'd with osteopenia (25 years post meno!) I'm hoping to use collagen before having to possibly take bisphosphonates.
This article from the Arthritis Foundation has some useful information.
https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/complementary-therapies/supplements-and-vitamins/can-collagen-supplements-help-arthritis