You’ve been reading about the drugs doctors use to raise glutathione (GSH) levels. Last time, you read about N-acetyl-cysteine, the drug most commonly used. Today you’ll learn about two other drugs used in research and very rarely by doctors.
As you can see, S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM) contains methionine, a building block of cysteine. In other words, cysteine needs methionine just like glutathione (GSH) requires cysteine as a building block. SAM is used to treat cirrhosis and cholestasis, both conditions that prevent the liver from functioning properly. There is also some research being done into its use as an anti-depressant. This drug is an expensive one and it interacts negatively with other drugs. If you take SAM as a therapeutic treatment, it can cause dry mouth, agitation and stomach upset.
In addition, methionine is a building block of homocysteine, a molecule linked to heart disease.
You would only want to take SAM and methionine for very unique reasons and under strict doctor’s guidance and monitoring.
If you are simply looking to elevate glutathione (GSH) levels, there is a better, safer way.
OTC (ornithine decarboxylase procysteine) and OTZ (oxothiazolidine carboxylate), besides being hard to pronounce, are of limited use for raising glutathione (GSH) in your body. You could describe these drugs as the “transportation” for 5-oxyprolinase, an enzyme that eventually ends up as cysteine. Your liver then takes the cysteine and formulates glutathione (GSH). They are mentioned here because studies are being done in laboratories with AIDS and cancer patients but it will be some time before they are readily available to doctors.
There you have it; the main drugs available to doctors that elevate glutathione (GSH). Understandably, most people won’t be given these drugs by their physician, nor should they want them. There is a way to raise your glutathione (GSH) levels naturally. You’ll look at that next.
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Dr. Steven Dell
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