In the year following the pregnancy, women with these antibodies can have thyroid dysfunction, either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism
Injections carry risks including nerve damage, kidney stress, allergic reactions, and in rare cases, liver abnormalities
Patients with severe obesity alone could not
It is also classified as a growth hormone (GH) secretagogue due to its ability to increase the secretion of GH and insulin growth-factor 1 (IGF-1) in the body
2018: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study among women receiving taxane-based chemotherapy to treat breast cancer found that 3 grams of acetyl-L-carnitine taken daily for 5.5 months significantly WORSENED symptoms of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy compared to placebo, and this difference persisted after 2 years [7][28]
Risk of bias using Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials-Deandfield, 2024