Acetyl-L-carnitine: Can it relieve MS fatigue?

Q.	I've read that the dietary supplement acetyl-L-carnitine may reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Is this true? Rilda / Canada see response Mayo Clinic neurologist Jerry Swanson, M.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers.

All Nervous System Q&As:

• Acetyl-L-carnitine: Can it relieve MS fatigue?
• Anti-seizure medications: Can I stop taking them?
• Brain lesion: What does it mean?
• Bump on the head: When is it serious?
• Cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM): What are the signs and symptoms?



• Demyelinating disease: What causes it?
• Dysarthria: What causes slurred speech?
• Dystonia treatment: Can it impair bone growth?
• Epilepsy and erectile dysfunction: Is there a connection?
• Epilepsy and learning disorders: Are they related?



• Epilepsy without seizures: Is this possible?
• Exploding head syndrome
• Fainting during urination (micturition syncope): What causes it?
• Hearing loss: A side effect of medication?
• Horner syndrome: What causes it?



• Lumbar puncture: Why is it performed?
• Magnesium deficiency: A cause of tremors?
• Moyamoya disease: How is it treated?
• Multiple sclerosis treatment: Is combination therapy effective?
• Multiple sclerosis: Can it cause seizures?



• Neurontin side effects: Is memory loss a concern?
• Numbness in hands: What causes it?
• Parkinsonism: What causes it?
• Phantosmia: What causes olfactory hallucinations?
• Primary lateral sclerosis



• Pseudoclaudication vs. claudication: What's the difference?
• Stiff-person syndrome: Can it be treated?
• Sudden hearing loss: What causes it?
• Syringomyelia: What are the causes?
• Tilt table test: Why is it performed?



• Vasovagal response: A cause of near-fainting?
• Venous angioma of the brain

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