Columbia Study of 300 Google Results on Orthopedic Peptides Finds Most Questions Ask How BPC-157 Works and What Its Risks Are
Orthopedic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia ran three Google searches on peptide therapy in orthopedics, mainly BPC-157, and analyzed 300 "People also ask" questions and their linked websites. Structure and function (31.7%) and risks and complications (20.7%) were the top question topics, and websites averaged 2.0 of 4 on the JAMA benchmark criteria for source quality, with government sites (mostly PubMed articles) scoring 3.6 and medical practice and single-surgeon sites 0.7, the paper in Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation reports. The authors advise doctors to discuss evidence quality when talking about peptides.