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What is the "third" drug in this combo, the article says: ".. growth hormone and two diabetes medications". So far only the DHEA and Metformin has been discusse
by dingdingdang 7y ago
What is the "third" drug in this combo, the article says: ".. growth hormone and two diabetes medications". So far only the DHEA and Metformin has been discussed and I have no access to the source article.. any takes?
edit-1: the answer is that the nature.com article got it wrong and other net sources parroted that article, https://www.leafscience.org/study-results-suggest-human-aging-can-be-reversed/ https://www.leafscience.org/study-results-suggest-human-agin... is more accurate overview: there is no third drug involved.
edit-2: scratch edit-1, HGH was obviously the primary growth hormone given and for some reason DHEA was counted as an anti-diabetic rather than a hormone (it is both) together with Metformin. Now I would just like to know the dosages involved!
- greatpatton 7y agoIt is in the paper: of the trial, rhGH alone (0.015 mg/kg) was administered to obtain an initial insulin response, and during the second week, rhGH was combined with 50 mg DHEA to evaluate insulin suppression by DHEA alone. During the third week, the same doses of rhGH and DHEA were combined with 500 mg metformin. Beginning at the fourth week, all doses were individualized based on each volunteer's particular responses.