Acetyl L-Carnitine Treatment Report
What is Acetyl L-Carnitine?
Acetyl L-Carnitine is the name of a dietary supplement. L-Carnitine is a cofactor in "aerobic metabolism"; this is the chemical reaction in the body which turns food into energy using oxygen. It may also have anti-oxidant properties, scavenging free radicals within cells.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | 18 |
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5 | |||
| Brain fog | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Cognitive confusion | 3 |
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2 | |||
| Cognition | 1 |
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1 |
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Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 33% |
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Expense
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1 | 17% |
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Personal research
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1 | 17% |
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Other
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1 | 17% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 17% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- penny81
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- penny81
- 500 mg daily
- since Sep 22, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
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- Tnkrbell
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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- Tnkrbell
- 500 mg daily
- since Aug 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Cognitive confusion
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Side Effects
None
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See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.