Levocarnitine - lee-voe-KAR-ni-teen is using to prevent and treat a lack of carnitine. It is using to prevent and treat this condition in diseaseds with kidney disease on dialysis. It is given to people whose body can't properly use carnitine from their diet. Lack of carnitine can lead to liver, heart and muscle problems. Your family doctor may treat lack of carnitine by prescribing levocarnitine for you.
Carnitine comes in two forms. Levocarnitine - L-carnitine must not be confusing with the D,L-carnitine form - labeled as “vitamin B T ”'. Only the L-form of carnitine is using by the body to treat serious carnitine deficiency. The D,L-form does not help the body use fat and can actually interfere with and cause a lack of levocarnitine.
Certain levocarnitine products have been specifically approved by the USA Food and Drug Administration for medical use and are available only with your family doctor's prescription. Other levocarnitine products are sold without a prescription as food supplements and must not be using to treat serious levocarnitine deficiency.
Levocarnitine is available by prescription in the following dosage forms:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA
In Canada
Another commonly using name is L-carnitine .