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. 2021 Dec 18;13(12):4550. doi: 10.3390/nu13124550

Table 1.

Current pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of senescence and their associated adverse effects with chronic, long-term use.

Pharmaceutical Agent Mechanism Long-Term Side Effects
Dasatinib + Quercetin Senolytic Currently unknown with further investigation required [129].
Navitoclax Senolytic Platelet toxicity or thrombocytopenia [130,131]; neutrophil toxicity [132].
Rapamycin Senostatic Glucose intolerance; insulin resistance; hyperglycemia; starvation pseudo-diabetes; stomatitis; mucositis; interstitial pneumonitis [133].
Metformin Senostatic Shortened lifespan; mitochondrial dysfunction; lethal ATP exhaustion [134,135].

ATP = adenoside triphosphate.