Uses and Benefits of Acetyl L Carnitine

Other Benefits of Acetyl-L-Carnitine

• Protects and Enhances Mitochondrial Function

• Enhances Immune Function and IGF-1 levels

• Protects against the loss and reduction in axonal transport of substance P

• Reduces HPA axis hyperactivity

• Increases hippocampal synaptic contact zones

• Protects against stress-induced neuroendocrine changes

• Enhances long-term memory

• Increases learning capacity

• Prevents age-related memory deterioration

• Helps maintain a normal number of both axosomatic synapses and giant bouton vesicles

• Increases membrane fluidity and counters the increase in membrane viscosity seen both in aging and in neuronal lipid peroxidation

• Protects cell membranes from physical stress

• Reduces lipofuscin accumulation in neurons

• Helps neurons remain energetic by using alternate energy sources such as lipids and ketones

• Increases the efficiency of neuronal transmission

• Protects against ischemia/reperfusion induced cellular damage and lowers lactic acid levels and speeds recovery from ischemic events

• Protects neuronal RNA from damage

• Helps maintain cholinergic transmission between neurons

• Protects against DNA breakage

We studied the effects of acetyl-L-carnitine on pain in 16 HIV+ patients affected by painful distal symmetrical neuropathy. Patients were treated with 0.5-1 gr per day of acetyl-L-carnitine either i.m. or i.v. for 3 weeks. Pain intensity was measured before and after the treatment by the Huskisson's analogic scale. Ten patients (62.5%)reported an improvement of symptoms, five patients (31.25%) were unchanged, one patient worsened. The results of this open study show that acetyl-L-camitine can have a role in the treatment of pain in distal symmetrical polyneuropathy related to HIV infection. However, further double-blind, placebo-controlled studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results.

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Raj Khatri For more information please visit http://www.acetyl-carnitine.com

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