L-carnitine supplements are taken by mouth to increase L-carnitine levels in people whose natural level of L-carnitine is too low because they have a genetic disorder, are taking certain drugs (such as valproic acid for seizures or certain antibiotics for tuberculosis), or because they are undergoing a medical procedure (hemodialysis for kidney disease) that uses up the body's L-carnitine
Anythings possible, but at this point, its purely an untested hypothesis. Are there benefits
The most cited single result is from Yun and colleagues in 2018, who showed that NLY01, a long-acting PEGylated GLP-1R agonist, blocked the microglia-driven conversion of resting astrocytes into the neurotoxic A1 phenotype in mouse models, a process implicated in neuronal death in both Parkinsons and Alzheimers disease [4]
Are there any risks associated with taking l-carnitine supplements
Despite these promising attributes, significant challenges remain
No FDA-approved prescribing label establishing GHK-Cu as a drug for a labeled medical indication was identified in the regulatory sources reviewed for this article