Sasha
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
This (mostly paywalled) New Scientist article says:
I've read the whole article and it's interesting. I'm very sorry but I'm too tired to summarise it properly! But basically, scientists have used drugs on mice that give them the health benefits of exercise. There are concerns about impacts on the mice from long-term use and no apparent claim that a single pill would give all the varied benefits in humans, but still!
Two obvious questions in relation to ME/CFS:
(1) Could such a pill(s) have the potential for making us more functional?
(2) Long-term lack of exercise puts PwME at risk of bad things as we get old, including osteoporosis, heart issues, etc. Could such a pill(s) help protect us?
Here's a older (2017), non-paywalled article on the same topic but obviously not as up-to-date.
Discuss!
New Scientist said:Researchers are developing medicines that replicate the health benefits of exercise. In the process, they’re gaining insights into how to treat currently untreatable diseases.
I've read the whole article and it's interesting. I'm very sorry but I'm too tired to summarise it properly! But basically, scientists have used drugs on mice that give them the health benefits of exercise. There are concerns about impacts on the mice from long-term use and no apparent claim that a single pill would give all the varied benefits in humans, but still!
Two obvious questions in relation to ME/CFS:
(1) Could such a pill(s) have the potential for making us more functional?
(2) Long-term lack of exercise puts PwME at risk of bad things as we get old, including osteoporosis, heart issues, etc. Could such a pill(s) help protect us?
Here's a older (2017), non-paywalled article on the same topic but obviously not as up-to-date.
Discuss!
