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Reported psychosis after starting ALCAR
Reported psychosis after starting ALCAR
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What it does
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What acts on it
Psychosis occurred five days after ALCAR was started in a published bipolar-disorder case report.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary full text: relevant Results/Methods and figure descriptions reviewed; supplements only where explicitly stated.
- experimental_model
- 52-year-old man; ALCAR 500 mg/day alongside newly added vitamins C/E, ongoing lithium and citalopram; prior recurrent illness.
- interpretation_status
- Source-derived curation with stated access limits; ungraded, not independent replication.
- limitations
- Single confounded case; this is a signal, not a quantified risk or proof that ALCAR invariably triggers psychosis.
- nutrient_topic
- Acetyl-L-carnitine collection; exact intervention and molecular form govern interpretation. · Acetyl-L-carnitine
- plain_language
- Psychosis occurred five days after ALCAR was started in a published bipolar-disorder case report.
- primary_references
- Psychosis Precipitated by Acetyl-l-Carnitine in a Patient With Bipolar Disorder. | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17599177/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1894836/ | https://doi.org/10.4088/pcc.v09n0114d
- source_locator
- Reviewed reference psychosis-case; Temporal association and author attribution are recorded. No rechallenge, incidence estimate or proven dopamine-mediated cause is established.
Acetyl-L-carnitine: detailed mechanisms of action (reviewed 6 October 2026) · lines 611–617
AI-assisted original review of primary studies and clearly identified official records. Exact primary access is stated; no independent replication is claimed. · supports · 52-year-old man; ALCAR 500 mg/day alongside newly added vitamins C/E, ongoing lithium and citalopram; prior recurrent illness. · Recorded from source · Recorded from source
### psychosis-case Psychosis occurred five days after ALCAR was started in a published bipolar-disorder case report. Temporal association and author attribution are recorded. No rechallenge, incidence estimate or proven dopamine-mediated cause is established. Model and exposure: 52-year-old man; ALCAR 500 mg/day alongside newly added vitamins C/E, ongoing lithium and citalopram; prior recurrent illness. Limitations: Single confounded case; this is a signal, not a quantified risk or proof that ALCAR invariably triggers psychosis. Reference: Psychosis Precipitated by Acetyl-l-Carnitine in a Patient With Bipolar Disorder. | 2007 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17599177/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1894836/ | https://doi.org/10.4088/pcc.v09n0114d | Access: Primary full text: relevant Results/Methods and figure descriptions reviewed; supplements only where explicitly stated.
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