Acylcarnitine Profile, Quantitative, Plasma?

[Remy]

Does anyone (@Snow Leopard ?) think that this profile would provide useful information on metabolism for our population?

It's through Labcorp...
Acylcarnitine Profile, Quantitative, Plasma

It's not clear to me what acylcarnitines are tested. I could call but I will save myself the brain damage if it's not necessary.

 

[Justin]

Dr Petterson tests for it, there must be some importance...

 

[Justin]

In their retrospective study of 99 CFS/ ME patients, 58 patients reported a decrease in symptoms after taking azithromycin. All of the responding patients had low levels of acetylcarnitine. The authors concluded that “the efficacy of azithromycin in the responsive patients could be explained by the modulating effect on a chronic primed state of the immune cells of the brain, or the activated peripheral immune system.

 

[Snow Leopard]

I'm not sure, I think this is mostly for research interest and diagnosis of rare (genetic) fatty acid oxidation disorders as it says in the description.

But if you suspect a fatty acid oxidation disorder, then it can be worth testing.