One of my cats has chronic Herpes respiratory illness. Not sure if Lysine really helps reduce her symptoms, because the latest research doesn't indicate efficacy. But she likes the way it tastes and doesn't fight me giving it to her like other medications. ...
Lysine competes with another amino acid, arginine, that herpes virus must have in order to reproduce. Lysine has been demonstrated to decrease the severity of ocular symptoms associated with herpes virus infection (1) and reduce viral shedding during periods of disease recurrence (2). Depending on...
Hepatotoxicity induced by valproic acid overdose: IV loading dose of L-carnitine 100 mg/kg; a maintenance dose of 50 mg/kg (to a maximum of 3 g/dose) administered every 8 hours may be used. Infertility, male: Carnitine 2 g/day, L-carnitine 2 to 3 g/day, acetyl-L-carnitine 0.5 to...
The goals for treatment of opiate addiction, as with other types of substance addictions, are to discontinue the use of the opiate while minimizing painful withdrawal symptoms and preventing relapse. Current treatments involve replacing the addictive drug with a substitution of an opioid receptor agonis...
hepatic tissue occurs in a programmed manner to prevent the progression of oxidative stress; however, if the antioxidant capacity is overwhelmed, molecular damage can be produced. Thus, there is a need for an ideal antioxidant agent to prevent the excessive oxidative stress induced by PRA overdose...