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What is Acetyl L-Carnitine plus Alpha Lipoic Acid?

Acetyl-L-carnitine is a dietary supplement used to improve memory and may improve depression. Alpha lipoic acid, an antioxidant, is a vitamin-like substance that helps to make energy in the body.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Cognition 2 0
Fatigue and sleepiness 2 0
Other 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  2 other daily 5 mg daily 400 mg daily 1600 mg daily 2250 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Acetyl L-Carnitine plus Alpha Lipoic Acid

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
0
1
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
1 100%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 23, 2009.