Innate Vascular Failure by Application of Neuroleptics, Amphetamine, and Domperidone Rapidly Induced Severe Occlusion/Occlusion-like Syndromes in Rats and Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 as Therapy.
Strbe. Sanja S; Smoday. Ivan Maria IM; Krezic. Ivan I; Kalogjera. Luka L; Vukovic. Vlasta V; Zizek. Helena H; Gojkovic. Slaven S; Vranes. Hrvoje H; Barisic. Ivan I; Sikiric. Suncana S; Tepes. Marijan M; Oroz. Katarina K; Brkic. Filip F; Drinkovic. Martin M; Beketic Oreskovic. Lidija L; Popic. Jelena J; Boban Blagaic. Alenka A; Skrtic. Anita A; Staresinic. Mario M; Seiwerth. Sven S; Sikiric. Predrag P
Key Findings
- BPC‑157 (10 µg/kg) administered 5 minutes after neuroleptic, amphetamine, or domperidone exposure prevented lethal vascular failure in rats.
- The peptide eliminated brain swelling, hemorrhage, heart congestion, arrhythmias, lung congestion, and organ thrombosis caused by these drugs.
- It normalized abnormal blood pressures (intracranial, portal, caval hypertension and aortic hypotension) and reduced arterial and venous clot formation.
Practical Outcomes
- For biohackers, this study suggests BPC‑157 might protect against extreme vascular damage from certain stimulants or antipsychotic drugs, but the evidence is limited to animal models. Until human data are available, it’s not a ready‑to‑use protocol, though the low dose used in rats could guide future dosing research.
Summary
In rats, a peptide called BPC‑157 quickly fixed severe blood‑vessel and organ damage caused by drugs like antipsychotics, amphetamine, and domperidone. The peptide was given at a tiny dose (about 10 µg per kilogram) right after the harmful drug, and it stopped swelling, bleeding, and clotting in the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and gut.
Abstract
Even before behavioral disturbances, neuroleptics, amphetamine, and domperidone application rapidly emerged severe occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome, shared innate vascular and multiorgan failure in rats, comparable to occlusion/occlusion-like syndrome described with vessel(s) occlusion or similar noxious procedures application. As therapy, i.e., activation of the collateral pathways, "bypassing key" (activated azygos vein pathway, direct blood flow delivery), the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 is a novel solution. Recently, BPC 157 therapy particularly counteracted neuroleptic- or L-NAME-induced catalepsy, lithium intoxication, and schizophrenia positive and negative symptoms (amphetamine/methamphetamine/apomorphine/ketamine). In rats with complete calvariectomy, medication (BPC 157 10 µg/kg, 10 ng/kg ip or ig) was given 5 min after distinctive dopamine agents (mg/kg ip) (haloperidol (5), fluphenazine (5), clozapine (10), risperidone (5), olanzapine (10), quetiapine (10), or aripiprazole (10), domperidone (25), amphetamine (10), and combined amphetamine and haloperidol) and assessed at 15 min thereafter. All neuroleptic-, domperidone-, and amphetamine-induced comparable vascular and multiorgan failure severe syndrome was alleviated with BPC 157 therapy as before major vessel(s) occlusion or other similar noxious procedures. Specifically, all severe lesions in the brain (i.e., immediate swelling, hemorrhage), heart (i.e., congestion, arrhythmias), and lung (i.e., congestion, hemorrhage), as well as congestion in the liver, kidney, and gastrointestinal (stomach) tract, were resolved. Intracranial (superior sagittal sinus), portal, and caval hypertension and aortal hypotension were attenuated or eliminated. BPC 157 therapy almost annihilated arterial and venous thrombosis, peripherally and centrally. Thus, rapidly acting Virchow triad circumstances that occur as dopamine central/peripheral antagonists and agonist essential class-points, fully reversed by BPC 157 therapy, might be overwhelming for both neuroleptics and amphetamine.
Study Information
pubmed
2023
2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
10.3390/ph16060788
10
107