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Re:Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease's Chronic ... by graeme on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:06PM (#34933412)
To be clear, if you’re not taking alcohol/ethanol etc then TUDCA seems fairly safe for short term use
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Re:Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease's Chronic ... by runnerup on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:21PM (#34933499)
For <8 weeks, yes. But year-round general supplementation for no indicated reason can be harmful. TUDCA is known to lower HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).[0]

NAC would be a more appropriate year-round liver support for general supplementation.

0: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8674405/

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Re:Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease's Chronic ... by graeme on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:56PM (#34933722)
Even that has issues. It can promote lung cancer growth and initiation. The gist is it is too good at keeping cells alive and keeps alive some that should have died.

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/n-acetyl-cysteine-...

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Re:Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease's Chronic ... by manmal on Saturday February 25, 2023 @01:52AM (#34934523)
NAC chelates metals like zinc and copper, so you got to watch out for low levels of those when supplementing NAC.
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