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Brand Names: Carnitor, GlycoCarn, Xoponex with chamber
See also: CoQ10 and L-Carnitine, Levocarnitine, Xopenex

What is L-Carnitine? Acetyl-L-carnitine prevents substance P loss in the sciatic nerve and lumbar spinal cord of diabetic animals INT. J. CLIN. PHARMACOL. RES. (Switzerland), 1992, 12/5-6 (243-246) Diabetic neuropathy is a disease of peripheral nerves, characterized by axonal atrophy and degeneration that might be preceded by a marked impairment of axonal transport and by a reduced conduction velocity. Sensory nerves are particularly susceptible to diabetes. In the present report it is shown that experimental diabetes in rats causes a significant reduction of the content of the pain-related neuropeptide substance P in sciatic nerve and lumbar spinal cord. Such a loss of substance P is fully prevented by acetyl-L-camitine treatment. The neuroprotective pharmacological effect is selective and takes place without significant changes of hyperglycaemia and without modifications of the reduced rate of body growth typical of diabetic animals. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

23 patients in the community are taking or have taken L-Carnitine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my ALS progress 8 38%
General health 4 19%
Brain fog 3 14%
Other 3 14%
Fatigue 1 4%
Treat Parkinson's 1 4%
Breathing difficulty 1 4%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking L-Carnitine.

  0 mg day 0 none 1 mg day 250 mg day 330 mg day 500 mg day 855 mg day 990 mg day 1000 mg day 1500 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking L-Carnitine or how long patients were taking L-Carnitine before stopping.

Currently taking L-Carnitine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
2
3
3
4

Stopped taking L-Carnitine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
1
1
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking L-Carnitine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3 60% Did not seem to work: 60%
Expense 1 20% Expense: 20%
Not indicated 1 20% Not indicated: 20%


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