This study randomized 40 subjects aged 16 - 23 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were undergoing chemotherapy to receive either one gram of taurine twice daily or placebo six hours after each chemotherapy treatment for six months
Sai K, Kai S, Umemura T, Tanimura A, Hasegawa R, Inoue T, et al
Complete Intake Form 2
The timing and degree of appetite suppression vary between individuals, typically becoming more pronounced as the dose is titrated upwards and with continued treatment
Physiologically, the increase in the appetite could be due to orexin, the stimulative hormone of appetite
The difference between pulling 1 unit and 2 units is a 100% dosing error, and at that scale, the margin for mistake is unacceptably thin