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Natural Product Number (NPN):
80039010
Market status:
Marketed
Licence Status:
Active
Brand name(s):
Acetylcarnitine ;
L-Carnitine
Licence holder:
New Roots Herbal Inc.
Dosage Form:
Capsule
Recommended route of administration:

Oral

Recommended dose:
Sub population (Sub Pop.) Quantity (Qty) Frequency (Freq.)
Sub Pop. Age Min. Max. UoM Footnote1 Age Qty Min. Max. UoM Qty Freq. Min. Max. UoM Freq.
Adults 1.0 capsule 2 3 daily
Adults 1.0 capsule 4 daily
Recommended use or purpose:
Helps optimize cellular energy production (fatty acid metabolism). Helps to support cognitive health and/or brain function. Helps reduce fatigue. Acetyl-L-Carnitine helps to relieve pain associated with diabetic neuropathy.
Risk Information:
Cautions and Warnings 
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. If you have liver disease, kidney disease, and/or a seizure disorder, consult a health care practitioner prior to use. May cause digestive problems.
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. This product provides 2.25 of N-Acetyl-Lcarnitine Hydrochloride; consult a health care practitioner if you have a liver or kidney disease or if you have been instructed to follow a low protein diet. Mild gastrointestinal symptoms (transient nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea) have been reported. Low incidences of seizures have been reported with oral doses in individuals with or without pre-existing seizure disorders. Do not use if you have primary systemic L-caritine deficiency or secondary L-carnitine deficiency (inborn errors in metabolism) for which levocarnitine supplementation is prescribed and/or monitored by a healthcare practitioner.
List of medicinal ingredients:
Medicinal ingredients Quantity (Qty) Extract Potency
(2R)-2-(Acetyloxy)-3-carboxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium inner salt 637.5 milligrams
N-Acetyl L-carnitine hydrochloride 750.0 mg
List of non-medicinal ingredients:
  • Hypromellose
  • Magnesium Stearate
  • Purified water
  • Silicon dioxide
Date of licensing:
2013-01-23
Revised date of licence:
2021-02-22

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