N-Acetyl Cysteine and Improved Recovery

• N-acetylcysteine: evidence based consensus document on the therapeutic advantages in respiratory diseases (NECTAR).

  • 2026-05-04
  • Review
  • Frontiers in medicine 13
  • • Monica Barne
    • Madhuragauri Shevade
    • Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya
    • Devasahayam J Christopher
    • Sanjeev Nair
    • Nitin Abhyankar
    • Indranil Halder
    • Agam Vora
    • Arjun Khanna
    • Rajesh Swarnakar
    • Prashant Chhajed
    • Balamurugan Santhalingam
    • Aishwarya Nair
    • Sundeep Salvi

  • PubMed: 42158130
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1810363

  9 Insights on

  • Improved Recovery

  • Low evidence

  During AECOPD, low dose NAC may aid recovery.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  low dose (not further specified)