Letter to Editor: Potential Use of Meldonium as Supportive Treatment in Lifestyle Diseases

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Magdalena Grzesiak (Συγγραφέας), Oskar Szymański (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Kazimierz Wielki University, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Meldonium, a drug more familiar in the sports world than in clinical medicine, acts as a structural analog of gamma-butyrobetaine and influences carnitine metabolism by inhibiting gamma-butyrobetaine hydroxylase. This results in reduced carnitine levels, decreased fatty acid β-oxidation, and increas...