L-Glutamine and Reduced Diarrhea

• Adjunctive Treatments for the Prevention of Chemotherapy- and Radiotherapy-Induced Mucositis.

  • 2018-08-23
  • Review
  • Integrative cancer therapies 17(4)
  • • Michael Thomsen
    • Luis Vitetta

  • PubMed: 30136590
  • DOI: 10.1177/1534735418794885

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  • Reduced Diarrhea

  • Moderate evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Glutamine and activated charcoal were reported to reduce chemotherapy-induced diarrhea but not radiation-induced intestinal mucositis.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes