In what subset of traumatic brain injury/concussion patients would you consider use of N-Acetyl Cysteine?
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Neurology · Quinnipiac Netter School of Medicine
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There are some reports that N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) may help the patient with TBI for behavioral recovery and it has neuroprotective effects. I also used NAC and Alpha lipoic acid in patients with post-chemotherapy neuropathy as antioxidants.
There are limited studies on how effective they are but t...
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Neurology · Hartford HealthCare
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I have never considered using N-Acetyl Cysteine as it is not generally done and there’s no conclusive evidence in favor of it in literature.
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