Pregnancy-specific Vitamin A is involved in cellular events that regulate the formation of the vertebrae and spinal cord, vital organs (such as the heart and lungs), eyes, ears, and limbs
It is also approved for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in adults with moderate-to-advanced liver scarring as well as to lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death from heart disease in adults with heart disease and overweight or obesity
Compounded tirzepatide drops do not use SNAC or any equivalent technology
Based on available Phase 2 data, both agents share a side-effect profile broadly consistent with other medicines acting on metabolic hormone pathways, though the triple-agonist mechanism of retatrutide introduces some additional considerations
doi: 10.1001/archderm.1962.01590070046006