Medications to help improve the health of older people
A drug is in testing phase called MK-667 stimulate more growth hormone in the body can increase muscle mass in the elderly and thereby improve the status of their depression .
When people grow older, the body will decrease more growth hormones. This led to decline and fat body mass and body weakness.
Dr. Michael O. Thorner and colleagues from the University of Virginia (Charlottesville) that the body weakened when people grow older and researchers started to learn the cause of it.They are trying to learn whether any hormone deficiency can be a danger in the human body to weaken or not.
Potential of the drug MK-667 is that it restored the concentration of growth hormone in the blood. In a crossover experiment, 65 healthy elderly people aged 60 to 81 are divided into two groups. A group using MK-667 and placebo groups Left daily within a year. Then, the group used drugs to placebo and vice versa in a subsequent year.
After 1 year, patients taking drugs to increase growth hormone in the hormone levels of young people at the same time and amount of fat. MK-667 also increases appetite temporarily. Body mass in patients with medication increased on average 2.7 kg compared with 0.8 kg in the placebo. Group study and treated with MK-667 reduces the three factors contribute to weight loss include: Reduced growth hormone levels, weight loss part of the body and reduces fat diet. The increase muscle mass when taking MK-667 did not mean to strengthen the function or mobilization. However, research has initially established a good clinical trial evidence of weakness in the body long enough time on the target groups at high risk in the elderly, the researchers concluded.
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