Talk:Acetylcarnitine

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Citations

If proper citations are not provided within a week, i'll remove all of that text. -- Boris 15:53, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. The citations I found that were not from dubious manufacturers' pages indicated that whatever benefits might be had, apart from end-stage renal disease and PAD, were inconclusive at best. I've made some changes to the text and added some sources, so as to not have the edit reverted as vandalism when it is indeed just removing unsupported claims. Zuiram 11:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for ref-ifying my edit. Does the statement that many manufacturers claim life extension benefits really need sourcing? A simple google query returns many hits that posit this claim. Said claim is noted in the text to have no supporting evidence, and the text merely points out that such a claim is being made. Zuiram 00:25, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Learn how to research.

It is VERY troubling to me that the following has no citations:

"There is no effective way to significantly increase carnitine levels in humans via oral supplementation, as orally administered carnitine is rapidly excreted from the body, and the homeostasis mechanisms prevent significant cellular absorption.[citation needed] Further, over-the-counter supplements have been shown to contain less carnitine than advertised, and have further been shown to have poor absorption characteristics.[citation needed]"

WHY is it SO troubling??? Well, those are bold statements, especially in light of the fact that I did a Google search and saw a TON of published papers in medical journals where ORALLY administered forms of L-Carnitine and Acetyl L-Carnitine were reported to have statistically significant effects (double-blind studies). If citations cannot be provided to support the above claims within a few weeks, I am going to edit this article and provide citations of my own that contradict at least *part* of the above claims.