The issue wasn't dry stool, it was stool sitting in the colon for 60+ hours instead of 35 hours
Abdominal pain symptoms are usually mild, but a few patients may experience severe abdominal pain and need to seek medical attention promptly to investigate other causes
The trick acted as a gateway habit
These restrictions and warnings demonstrate the FDAs stringent consideration of patient safety in the drug approval process.108 In March 2015, the FDA required a black box warning on Tanzeum due to the observed risk of thyroid C-cell tumors in animals, although it is unclear if this effect also occurs in humans.108 Later, the FDA added a warning about the risk of anaphylactic shock to the medications label
In mouse models, MOTS-c administration reduced pro-inflammatory factors, increased anti-inflammatory markers, and improved insulin-stimulated glucose uptake at the same time, a combination that is hard to find in a single compound (Zheng 2023)