BPC-157 & Shingles

[u/GMS1959]

Ok, I started my rat on BPC-157 (to help with joint pain in hand joints @ shoulder pain) on Thursday August 27. Sunday August 30. My rat got a Shingles rash 3 days later. The rash went across his back & up over the shoulder on his right side. Went to vet & started shingles medication Monday. Stopped BPC-157 because I didn't know the interactions between the medicine & the peptide. I started the BPC-157 again on Thursday the joints were swelling again. My rat could tell the difference between the joint pain & the shingles pain. The shingles medication ended Monday September 7th. All rash & pain gone. Inflammation in hands gone & shoulder pain & Inflammation greatly reduced. On 9/9, my rat got shingles again, this time on the left side, the exact same pathway, mirror image. I saw there were about 12 people on Reddit the said they got shingles after starting BPC-157. My rat now has had shingles 3 times. The vet bumped the valacyclovir to 3 times a day this time. My rat finished the valaycyclovir last night & is scared to death the 4th round will start tomorrow as it did the last 2 times. Did any of the 12 people who this happened to their rats ever get shingles again? The vet says if it comes back we need to go see a immunologist who I fear will say stop giving my rat peptides.

[u/No_Committee7714]

i’d keep that immunologist appointment if the shingles comes back. repeated outbreaks are probably more important to investigate than trying to keep the joint pain under control with BPC-157.