Re: price for ALC from Swanson

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Steve

Prescription Carnitor is acetyl L-carnitine. It is just the regulated type

that is consistent in makeup as it falls under FDA regulations. The over the

counter types can change fillers and are not regulated as to content and

quality. For those with prescription insurance coverage the prescription

Carnitor (it now has a generic form) is much cheaper - at least for me it

is.

laurie

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> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:42:53 -0500

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> Subject: price for ALC from Swanson

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> Sunny et al

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> FWIW, I bought Acetyl-L Carnitine from Swanson (

> http://www.swansonvitamins.com/ ) one month ago. As I earlier said, I think

> it's only newly available in the green plastic bottle, Premium Brand, which

> seems to be their cheapest (for all other stuff as well). I paid $14.99

> (plus modest shipping) for 100 caps of 500 mg. I take two of these, twice a

> day, so that's $.60/day for 2 g.

>

> I couldn't find ALC at Epic ( http://www.epic4health.com/ ) but of course

> they do have plain old L-carnitine. I don't know what the alleged

> differences are, other than that I recall reading that the acetyl variant is

> more bio-available to nervous system tissues (something about more readily

> crossing the blood-brain " barrier " ).

>

> Steve D.

>

> P.S. Since I have the invoice out, I'll report my Swanson purchase (in the

> green plastic bottle) for Co-Q10: $29.99 for 100 caps of 120 mg. I also take

> two of these twice daily, so that's $1.20/day for 480 mg.

>

> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:28:02 -0500

> From: z39z@...

> Subject: Re: Juvenon with alpha-lipoic acid and acetyl L carnitine

>

> Hi, Steve

>

> I agree about high-priced combos, Steve. I offered the site mainly for

> information on the two supplements, ALA and ALC.

>

> I like Swanson a lot, but a while ago when I priced out a month's

> supply of those two, I don't remember there being such a huge

> difference. I will look again, though. I do take my ALA and ALC from

> two bottles still.

>

> Swanson's Qgel is reduced now, and is cheaper than the Epic source at

> this time, even buying in high quantities. I believe I posted before

> that Swanson has assured me (for what it is worth) that their Qgel

> comes directly from Tischon.

>

> [...]

> Regards

>

> Sunny

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[Guest guest]

Laurie, I'm confused. Does your Carnitor box say acetyl

levocarnitine? Mine does not, just levocarnitine. The package insert

has always identified it the same way. I know Carnitor buffers

acylCoAs but I've never seen anything in PDR or elsewhere that

identified Carnitor as acetyl levocarnitine. What am I missing?

Barbara

> Steve

>

> Prescription Carnitor is acetyl L-carnitine. It is just the

regulated type

> that is consistent in makeup as it falls under FDA regulations.

[Guest guest]

Barbara

You are correct and I was wrong - Carnitor is just levocarnitine.

laurie

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> Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:24:13 -0000

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> Subject: Re: price for ALC from Swanson

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>

> Laurie, I'm confused. Does your Carnitor box say acetyl

> levocarnitine? Mine does not, just levocarnitine. The package insert

> has always identified it the same way. I know Carnitor buffers

> acylCoAs but I've never seen anything in PDR or elsewhere that

> identified Carnitor as acetyl levocarnitine. What am I missing?

>

> Barbara

>

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>> Steve

>>

>> Prescription Carnitor is acetyl L-carnitine. It is just the

> regulated type

>> that is consistent in makeup as it falls under FDA regulations.

>

>

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