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L-Carnitine : an extremely pro-fertile compound that also affects mitochondrial pathways, which indirectly affects hormones
Funding This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82302925, 82272702), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LQ23H160012, LZ23H160001, LTGY23H080005), the project of Science and Technology Plan of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province (2024ZL1010), Wenzhou Science and Technology Bureau of China (ZY2023021), and in part supported by the Key Discipline of Zhejiang Province in Medical Technology (First Class, Category A)
Cost, availability, insurance coverage, prior authorization and, side effects all make semaglutide unattractive to me