Instead of stopping medication suddenly, some people may transition gradually to lower doses
This applies doubly with potent compounds like retatrutide and semaglutide
Energy expenditure modeling preclinical assay endpoints and pathway-specific readouts
Agents in this group include peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists (e.g., pioglitazone, elafibranor, saroglitazar), bile acid-farnesoid X receptor axis regulators (obeticholic acid), de novo lipogenesis inhibitors (aramchol, NDI-010976), and fibroblast growth factor 21/19 analogs
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