Carnitine arginate or hydrocholride for peyronies?

[marator]

Hi, this study: Acetyl-L-carnitine vs tamoxifen in the oral therapy of Peyronie's disease: a preliminary report. - PubMed - NCBI is about Carnitine. But the abstract doesn't mention which form of carnitine was used. Does anyone know which one is used for peyronies? thank you

[Paolo]

Acetyl L Carnitine is recommended for Peyronie's, I buy it with Alpha Lipoic Acid included, dosage 3gm  

[marator]

it comes in several formes, like arginate and hydrochloride

[rich68]

The complete article doesn't give any further details (you can download the full pdf from your link). But you just need the one sold as "acetyl-l-carnitine".

I think the hydrochloride form is exactly the same thing (it's a salt). The arginate form just has arginine bonded to acetyl-l-carnitine (hydrochloride) so it becomes acetyl-l-carnitine arginate dihydrochloride.

From what I've read on the internet the arginate form offers no real benefits except extra profit for the manufacturers. I don't think any of the articles talking about peyronies mention the arginate form.