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Does AOD-9604 work for weight loss?

In its own obesity study in people, it did no better than a dummy pill, even though AOD-9604 was sold for years as a fat-loss peptide. It is a changed piece of growth hormone that boosted fat burning in animal studies. In some countries it has been notified as generally safe to use as a food ingredient (GRAS). But that status is not proof that it causes weight loss in people, and its own study did not show that.

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Part of glp-1 and metabolic peptides. Semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, and the rest of the incretin and glucagon receptor family.

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