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Its especially useful after antibiotics, gut stress, or inflammation-driven breakouts
Factors such as previous eye problems, cardiovascular disease, and use of other medications known to increase NAION risk (like PDE5 inhibitors) should be carefully evaluated before starting GLP-1 therapy
Dosing in animal models ranges from 1020mcg/kg daily for BPC-157 and 24mg total dose twice weekly for TB-4, administered subcutaneously near the affected region
Betaine can effectively delay the progression of fibrosis by downregulating TGF-1, alpha-smooth muscle actin ( -SMA), and collagen type I alpha 1 chain (COL1A1), regulating the balance of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1/-2, and inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells (23, 125, 134136)