Across the controlled trials Volek's recovery work (PMID 11788381), the 2021 recovery trial (PMID 34684429), the centenarian fatigue trial (PMID 18065594), and the trials pooled in the 2016 weight meta-analysis (PMID 27335245) L-carnitine was generally well tolerated, with adverse events that were mild and did not drive meaningful discontinuation
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Its evidence is animal studies and online community reports
and has received personal fees for medicolegal consulting and expert testimony related to heart failure