Rodent studies have shown that treatment with liraglutide or once-weekly exenatide is associated with thyroid C-cell proliferation and the formation of thyroid C-cell tumors ( Therefore, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits these therapies for patients with an individual or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN2)
It has been shown that tretinoin (retinoic acid) and its derivatives, isotretinoin, adapalene and tazarotene, may decrease pigmentation in vitro most probably via the induction of keratinocyte proliferation and epidermal turnover acceleration, rather than by acting directly on melanogenesis [145]
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An exception existed during the period when semaglutide appeared on the FDA drug shortage list