Key ingredients include: HMB (-Hydroxy -Methylbutyrate) A leucine metabolite shown to inhibit muscle protein breakdown by downregulating the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and enhancing mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) mediated protein synthesis
Today, there is no scientific evidence that this happens, but a related drug in the class, tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound), carries warnings on its FDA labels that it may reduce the efficacy of oral hormonal contraceptives due to delayed gastric emptying. Patients are advised to switch to a non-oral form of contraception or to add a barrier method, such as condoms
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"The comment period for theproposed rule closed on June 18, 2024," an FDA spokesperson wrote in an email to NPR