Characteristics of L-Carnitine
L-Carnitine - is a drug that affects the metabolic processes in the body. L-Carnitine Rompharm made as a solution for injecting (200 mg in 1 ml). Means is composed of L-carnitine. The active component helps reduce the basal metabolism.
L-carnitine slows the digestion of protein and carbohydrate molecules. The drug speeds up the breakdown of fat molecules, as well as removes them from the subcutaneous fat. L-Carnitine can run rate of glycogen in the liver when the body experiences a deficiency of glucose.
L-Carnitine helps the body's cells (nerve cells, cardiac muscle myocytes and others) to withstand oxygen deficiency. Substance maintains metabolic processes without involvement of molecular oxygen. This is very important in acute hypoxic conditions, anaerobic stress in athletes. L-Carnitine can restore the structure of nerve cells, thereby increasing brain activity, even after a stroke.
L-Carnitine helps to reduce body weight due to fat reduction in subcutaneous fat. The medicine helps to reduce the amount of fat molecules in the muscle tissue, which is very important for athletes, especially bidibilderov. L-Carnitine can increase resistance to physical stress and increased training. Against the background of the use of L-carnitine body recovers faster after training and competition. Reducing action due to the increased regenerative function of cellular structures, processing of fatty molecules in the extra energy.
Indications for the use of L-carnitine:
- Oxygen starvation of the brain (stroke, encephalopathy by, accompanied by disturbance of blood flow in the brain type dyscirculatory, traumas and intoxications of the brain);
- insufficient amount of carnitine in the body;
- carnitine deficiency in patients with renal insufficiency, treatment is carried out by means of hemodialysis;
- ischemic injury of the heart muscle (acute condition and the recovery period);
- cardiogenic shock;
- obesity;
- professional sport with enhanced load.
L-Carnitine is not used during gestation, as well as during breastfeeding. In children, the drug is allowed to be used, but only at the doctor's recommendation. L-Carnitine should be carefully used in patients with diabetes mellitus. It is capable of provoking a sharp decrease in blood sugar, if the patient takes a medication hypoglycemic. L-carnitine is used in children just after doctor's recommendations.
Analogs medicament
Analogues of the drug L-Carnitine is divided into medicines with the same composition and preparations with other active ingredients. Medicines containing the same substances are called structural analogs. Non-structural analogs may have other components in their composition, but the act is similar to L-carnitine (partially or completely).
Structural analogues:
- Karnith;
- Carnitine chloride;
- Elkar;
- Levokarnil.
Before you choose a medication that can replace the drug L-Carnitine, it is necessary to consult a doctor. Yourself can not choose analogues, as they all have their indications and limitations. Your doctor can advise a suitable drug that replaces the L-Carnitine, which will be safer and more effective.
Non-structural analogues are Geptor, Thiogamma, Glutamic acid, but they should be taken only on doctor's orders, because the effect of these drugs is only partially similar to the mechanism of L-carnitine. If you apply the wrong drugs, they can do harm. Better use of analogues, which also contain L-carnitine.
1. Karnith
Karnity - it is a structural analog of L-Carnitine. Analog sold in drugstores in a solution for oral administration (active component - 1 g L-carnitine 10 mg), chewable tablet form (1 g), for injecting a solution of (200 mg, 1 ml). The drug is approved for children from 0 years (oral solution). The dosage is calculated according to age. analogue cost is quite high. It is 1060 - 1740 rubles.
The oral form is suitable when carnitine deficiency, ischemic myocardial injury. Inside the analogue can be used for weight loss, as well as during intense exercise. The injectable form is shown in acute myocardial infarction. Intravenously administered analogue of doctors of sports medicine for bodybuilders and weightlifters, to reduce the number of fat cells in the muscles, improve endurance athlete.
2. carnitine chloride
L-carnitine can be replaced by drug Carnitine chloride. The drug is produced in Russia, it is composed of L-carnitine. Buy in pharmacies can be in the form of vials for injectable administration (100 mg ml-1 or 500mg of - 1 ampoule). The drug is cheap. The cost of the drug is 220-266 rubles.
Injectable form analog often used in stroke, heart attacks, to increase the stability of the injured cells to hypoxia. Babies analogue is indicated in stunted growth, anorexia, wasting. Perhaps the use of the drug in sports medicine. On analogue may appear allergic, so you should consult your doctor before use.
3. Levokarnil
Possible instead of L-carnitine take Levokarnil. Active component is an analogue of L-carnitine. It is produced in the form of a solution for oral use (300 mg - 1 mL). analog value is 349 - 873 rubles. It is much cheaper than L-Carnitine. Levokarnil does not have a tablet and injection form.
Analogue actively used in pediatric practice in the presence of a birth trauma, malnutrition, anorexia, encephalopathy after injuries. The drug is indicated for gastritis, pancreatitis. Endocrinologists recommend a remedy in stunted growth in a child under 16 years of age, as well as in thyrotoxicosis. In dermatology formulation shown in psoriasis, eczema, scleroderma.
4. Elkar
Known analogues of L-carnitine is Elkar. You can buy it at a pharmacy for the preparation of granules for the treatment solution Use inside (1000 mg - 5 g), as well as in the form of injectable form (300mg - 1 ml, 200 mg - 1 ml 100 mg - 1 L). The granules and the solution contains L-carnitine. The price of the analogue 260 - 846 rubles.
The granules are very easy to dissolve in water, so they are sparkling. Granular form is used in pediatrics, endocrinology, dermatology, gastroenterology. Injectable forms are indicated for myocardial ischemia and the brain, in sports medicine.
Elkar is often prescribed to children if there is refusal to eat. medicine is also very good at helping to stimulate the growth of the child. The drug can improve the psychological development of the child after birth hypoxia. Tool helps reduce the sensitivity of brain cells to oxygen deficiency. In pediatrics increasingly used form of a solution, as it is more convenient in toddlers and preschoolers.
conclusion
L-Carnitine and its analogs are good metabolic drugs. The facility on the basis of levocarnitine has a large range of applications, especially in pediatrics, cardiology and neurology. Actively using carnitine in sports medicine. Means increases stamina, increases the body's ability to anaerobic stress, decreases the amount of adipose tissue, she helps to build muscle. L-Carnitine and its analogues should be used only on doctor's orders not to harm the body.
sources:
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