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GERONTOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue 6, Pages 581-590Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000502257
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Rejuvenation; Longevity; Health span; Metformin; Fisetin
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Metformin is sometimes proposed to be an anti-aging drug, based on preclinical experiments with lower-order organisms and numerous retrospective data on beneficial health outcomes for type 2 diabetics. Large prospective, placebo-controlled trials are planned, in pilot stage or running, to find a new use (or indication) for an aging population. As one of the metformin trials has frailty as its endpoint, similar to a trial with a plant-derived senolytic, the latter class of novel anti-aging drugs is briefly discussed. Concerns exist not only for vitamin B-12 and B-6 deficiencies, but also about whether there are adverse effects of metformin on individuals who try to remain healthy by maintaining cardiovascular fitness via exercise.
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