Acetyl carnitine is for people with suspected mitochondrial damage.
It is used in chemo damage and damage from the drugs to treat HIV positive patients. Some drugs damage mitochondria and so giving supplements for this can help.
If you are interested here is a link to more information.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post653568-5.html
Carnitine declines with age...so older patients may not make enough for their needs, since our body makes it for us.
The acetyl form is better absorbed than the plain carnitine.
This is our thread on mitochondria:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...t=mitochondria
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