Taking a low weekly dose of a drug called rapamycin for a year might help reduce pain in healthy women over 50, based on how they reported feeling.

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Influence of rapamycin on safety and healthspan metrics after one year: PEARL trial results

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2025 Apr 4

The study gave 10 mg of rapamycin weekly for 48 weeks to healthy women and found less self-reported pain, which supports the idea that this treatment helps with age-related pain.

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Influence of rapamycin on safety and healthspan metrics after one year: PEARL trial results

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DOI: 10.18632/aging.206235

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