Track L‑Carnitine in Peptimes™
Levocarnitine (L-carnitine) is a carrier molecule that moves long-chain fatty acids across the inner membrane of mitochondria. It is the active ingredient in Carnitor and generic levocarnitine prescription products. (Source: DailyMed label.)
Is L-Carnitine FDA-approved?
Yes, as specific products: Carnitor tablets, oral solutions and injection, and generic levocarnitine, are FDA-approved prescription medicines for the uses in their labels.
L-Carnitine
Also: levocarnitine, Carnitor, Carnitor SF
- Status label in the Peptimes Library
- FDA Approved
- Routes in Peptimes
- OralOther
- Updated
- 1 Nov 2026
US regulatory status
FDA approval belongs to each product below, for its route and the uses in its label. Label uses are shortened unless quoted.
Carnitor (levocarnitine) tablets
Oral
Primary systemic carnitine deficiency, and secondary carnitine deficiency caused by an inborn error of metabolism.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Carnitor and Carnitor SF (levocarnitine) oral solutions
Oral
Primary systemic carnitine deficiency, and secondary carnitine deficiency caused by an inborn error of metabolism.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Carnitor (levocarnitine) injection
Intravenous
Secondary carnitine deficiency caused by an inborn error of metabolism, and carnitine deficiency in people with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis.
Source: DailyMed label, checked 1 Nov 2026
Generic levocarnitine tablets, oral solution and injection, from several manufacturers
Oral or intravenous
As stated on each product's label (approved through abbreviated new drug applications, ANDAs).
Source: Drugs@FDA, checked 1 Nov 2026
Investigational
No, for the products and uses above.
Source: Drugs@FDA, checked 1 Nov 2026
What studies have looked at
Each point says who or what was studied and what the study reported, with its source and the date we checked it. These are findings from the sources cited, not advice or a promise of any result.
- Review of studies
A 2022 Cochrane review of 52 randomised trials in people on dialysis, most at unclear or high risk of bias, found L-carnitine may slightly improve anaemia markers. The authors concluded the evidence does not support its use for dialysis-related carnitine deficiency.
Source: PMID 36472884, checked 1 Nov 2026
How to track it in Peptimes
Add L-carnitine in My Protocols and set the schedule you already follow: days of the week, times of day and a start date. Peptimes never suggests an amount when you log or schedule a dose. Its Library entry shows the status label “FDA Approved”; the entries above give the products it applies to. Supplements sold as L-carnitine aren’t these prescription products and don’t share their approval.
- Routes: oral or Other. Choose the one that matches each dose.
- Logging: the amount you took, the route and how you feel.
- Reminders and history: reminders at your times, Dose History, the Calendar and CSV or JSON export work as described on the peptide tracker app page.
Peptimes is a tracking app, not medical advice. Talk to a licensed clinician about your treatment. Peptimes doesn’t sell L-carnitine or any other compound.
More sources
- FDA, Drugs@FDA: NDA 018948 (Carnitor tablets), NDA 019257 (Carnitor and Carnitor SF oral solutions) and NDA 020182 (Carnitor injection), checked 1 Nov 2026: product, route and marketing status.
- FDA, Global Substance Registration System, Levocarnitine, checked 1 Nov 2026: the names L-carnitine and Carnitor.
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