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Supports digestive and gut health
"Our findings add to evidence that, under carefully controlled conditions, this is a promising therapeutic approach that can lead to significant and durable improvements in depression," says Natalie Gukasyan, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
It means that as a standalone oral therapy at the tested doses, it did not produce the magnitude of weight loss that pharmaceutical companies require for commercial viability
This hypothesis is supported by emerging data but has not been definitively confirmed in large trials
However, phase III research clinical studies are still pending to evaluate the effect of retatrutide in weight management and its impact on weight-related health issues such as obstructive sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)