This move is in an attempt to prevent cachexia, which accounts for 20% of cancer mortalities (5)
Although they share a high degree of homology, the physiologic roles of these hormones are unique, governed by differences in expression pattern, biopotency, and regulation with LH serving as a key regulator of gonadal steroidogenesis and ovulation, and hCG predominantly active in pregnancy and fetal development
How oxidation and reduction are balanced within the ER lumen is not well-understood, and that understanding is confounded by the observations that neither ablation of both ERO1 isoforms (Zito, Chin, Blais, Harding, & Ron, 2010) nor apparent depletion of total ER glutathione (Tsunoda et al., 2014) appreciably impacts ER protein oxidation capacity or stress sensitivity except for specialized substrates
If you experience side effects or change your mind, you can stop the medication under medical supervision
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