Acetyl L Carnitine

 

Other Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Other Contra-Indications

 

Class Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Drug Class Contra-Indications

Efficacy of Acetyl-L-Carnitine as an Alternative Medicine According to GRADE* Ranking: 


Alzheimer's Disease [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]:

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Acetyl-l-carnitine showed a slower rate of deterioration of AD and significant improvement in memory tests in these listed studies. Although a Cochcrane review of 2003 found insufficient evidence of benefit, more tests are needed.)

Grade of Evidence: Very low level of evidence 


* www.gradeworkinggroup.org 

References: 
1. http://medind.nic.in/daa/t12/i1/daat12i1p208.pdf

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1944900

3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12841930

4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12804452

5. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-834-acetyl-l-carnitine.aspx?activeingredientid=834&activeingredientname=acetyl-l-carnitine

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