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Amino acid derivative

N-Acetylcysteine

N-acetylcysteine, or NAC, is a cysteine derivative that supplies material for glutathione synthesis. As a medicine, it also thins mucus.

Also listed as N-Acetyl Cysteine, NAC, N-Ac, N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine

Medical regimens are not interchangeable

Overdose treatment uses monitored oral or intravenous protocols. Its dose and route cannot be inferred from an ordinary supplement label. 1

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