Very Poor Quality L-Carnitine Injections That Burns
I am extremely disappointed with the injectable L-carnitine I purchased from Revive Pharmacy through TelewellnessMD. The injection caused significant burning and muscle cramping during and after administration — so severe it impaired my mobility to the point of limping and prevented me from exercising that day, which defeats the purpose of taking the medication.
I did not notice nearly as much of the amazing energy or alertness benefits I previously experienced with a comparable product from another pharmacy (Citizens/American Life), despite the dose even being much higher than that product, suggesting that the current formulation may be less tolerable or less effective. That formulation also didn’t burn or cause such severe discomfort when injecting.
The Revive label indicates that hydrochloric acid may have been used for pH adjustment, which likely contributes to the discomfort from what I’m reading.
I noticed that the formulation I tolerated far better and was far more effective used levocarnitine rather than L-carnitine HCl, compounded with both NaOH and HCl for pH adjustment to isotonic (near-physiologic) pH and was prepared at a lower concentration. This likely greatly reduced discomfort and improved tolerability and effectiveness.
The pharmacy never responded despite my reaching out about these issues through their info@reviverx customer support email, so the customer service experience has not been good either.
I hope Revive Pharmacy will consider reviewing and improving this L-Carnitine formulation. I would be willing to update this review if Revive contacts me to offer a resolution or replacement for this batch prepared as described above, as it is so unacceptably painful to inject, I cannot use it and completely wasted my money.