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Protecting the Kidney : A 25-cent pill called acetylcysteine is often given to patients undergoing diagnostic X-rays of their coronary arteries to prevent contrast dye used in the procedures from damaging kidneys.

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N-acetylcysteine, which is available in pill form at mainstream stores like GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, had improvement of symptoms after 12 weeks, compared with 16% of those taking a placebo.

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N-acetylcysteine replenishes glutathione in HIV infection.

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In 2000, the New England Journal of Medicine published a small study suggesting the generic drug acetylcysteine was especially effective in protecting kidneys against damage from the dye.

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N-acetylcysteine replenishes glutathione in HIV infection.

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Most overdoses are caught quickly and treated with an antidote called n-acetylcysteine, or NAC.

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Both of these cancers produce high levels of free radicals that can be suppressed by feeding the mice supplements of antioxidants, either vitamin C or N-acetylcysteine (NAC).

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Among them are baclofen, a common muscle relaxant that enhances GABA, and N-acetylcysteine, used to treat Tylenol overdoses, which inhibits glutamate.

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N-acetylcysteine which fights phlegm and, in large doses, is used to fight paracetamol poisoning.

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