90 PHARMACOLGIC ACTIVATION OF MELANOCORTIN1 RECEPTOR Approved Melanocortin pharmacotherapies In addition to conditions and environmental factors that promote physiologic MC1R activation, there are also MC1R agonists and various other pharmacologic treatments that activate MC1R signalling that are commercially available and in development in the United States and/or European Union for indications including erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), sexual desire disorders and monogenic and syndromic obesity (Table 2, 60 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 )
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BPC-157 promotes healing via angiogenesis, nitric oxide balance, and tissue protection, whereas TB-500 primarily enhances cell migration through actin modulation
In PMOS, they may be used when the clinical picture fits, especially when higher weight or metabolic risk is part of the case
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