Gianello (PubMed) Research Focus : Mechanistic Preclinical Research Title : Development of a Human Growth Hormone Peptide Analogue AOD9604 into an Anti-Obesity Drug (Book chapter, Peptides: The Wave of the Future, APSY vol 7, 2001) Authors : Woei-Jia Jiang, Robert Gianello, Mark Heffernan, Esra Ogru, Roksan Libinaki, Frank Ng (SpringerLink) Research Focus : Preclinical Lipid Metabolism Studies (Mice) Title : The effects of human GH and its lipolytic fragment (AOD9604) on lipid metabolism following chronic treatment in obese mice and -AR knockout mice (Endocrinology, Dec 2001) Authors : M
While these are population-level numbers, the principle applies to individuals as well: routine injection visits for non-deficient patients add up in copays, travel time, and appointment scheduling without delivering additional benefit
Lyophilizationalso referred to as cryodesiccationis a dehydration method where the material is first frozen and then exposed to low pressure
Temperatures above 30C begin causing degradation