L-carnitine in the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy and its effect on plasma beta-endorphin levels


Cakir N., Yetkin I., Karakoc A., Karakan T., Ayvaz G., Arslan M.

CURRENT THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL, vol.61, no.12, pp.871-876, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: We investigated the efficacy of L-carnitine (LC) in the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy (DN) and its effects on levels of the endogenous peptide beta -endorphin.