Psychosis Precipitated by Acetyl-L-Carnitine in a Patient With Bipolar Disorder

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Sir: Alternative and complementary medicine is popular inthe United States, and interest in this type of medicine is growing.Approximately 55% of the U.S. population uses complementaryand alternative medicines, at a cost of $337 million in2001.¹ Knaudt et al.² found that 54% of outpatients with psychiatricconditions used alternative medicines in addition to conventionalmedicines to treat psychiatric symptoms.