We have a drug that might delay menopause — and help us live longer (VOX)

[RapAdmin]

Rapamycin in the news today, and this is a reasonably well-written overview of the situation:

We have a drug that might delay menopause — and help us live longer

Related Reading:

• Women Taking Rapamycin for Enhanced Fertility / Menopause Prevention?

• Is Delaying Menopause the Key to Longevity? (NY Times)

• Meet Rapamycin, the Drug That Could Delay Menopause

• Rapamycin to Delay Menopause

[Paul_2.0]

Was just about to post. Do we know what the dosage in the test was? It says half of what a transplant patient takes a day, which I assume is half a mg?

[RapAdmin]

5mg once per week… its in one of the stories I’ve posted on this clinical trial in the past.

[Paul_2.0]

Thanks. My wife wants to try it, but she has hypercholesterolemia. I’m not sure the trade off will be worth it.