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The 2004 Wilding paper in Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs compiled the AOD-9604 metabolic-research framing then in development (PMID 15134286)
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We believe it is unreasonable to recommend metformin for diabetic patients with CKD as we have not found evidence of additional renal benefits from metformin for diabetic patients with CKD
Interestingly, the same study found that, in rats, tirzepatide suppressed lipid intake without affecting sucrose (carbohydrate) consumption in a choice-based assay, implying that the effects of these medications may be macronutrient specific (Geisler et al., 2023)
