Provides neurological support and pain relief

• Helps to reduce fatigue (1, 2)
• Helps to enhance cognitive function in the elderly (3)
• Helps to relieve muscle pain and pain associated with neuropathy (4)
• Critical in energy production (5)
• Transports long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria that can be oxidized to produce energy (6)
• Concentrated in tissues (skeletal and cardiac muscle etc.) that utilize fatty acids as dietary fuel (7)

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2. Tomassini V, Pozzilli C, Onesti E, Pasqualetti P, Marinelli F, Pisani A et al. (2004). Comparison of the effects of acetyl L-carnitine and amantadine for the treatment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis: results of a pilot, randomised, double-blind, crossover trial. J Neurol Sci. 218(1-2):103-8.
3. Rai G, Wright G, Scott L, Beston B, Rest J, Exton-Smith AN (1990). Double-blind, placebo controlled study of acetyl-l-carnitine in patients with Alzheimerâ„¢s dementia. Curr Med Res Opin. 11(10):638-47.
4. Janiri L, Martinotti G, Tonioni F, Ghelardini C, Nicolai R, Galeotti N et al. (2009) Acetyl-L-carnitine in the management of pain during methadone withdrawal syndrome. Clin Neuropharmacol. 32(1):35-40.
5. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Carnitine. Office of Dietary Supplements. National Institutes of Health. Date accessed June 11, 2012
6. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Carnitine. Office of Dietary Supplements. National Institutes of Health. Date accessed June 11, 2012
7. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Carnitine. Office of Dietary Supplements. National Institutes of Health. Date accessed June 11, 2012