Levacetylleucine Other names: L-acetylleucine

Chemical formula: C₈H₁₅NO₃  Molecular mass: 173.105 g/mol  PubChem compound: 70912

Therapeutic indications

Levacetylleucine is indicated for:

Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old) , adults (18 years old or older)

Levacetylleucine is indicated for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease, in combination with miglustat, or as a monotherapy in patients where miglustat is not tolerated, in adults and children aged 6 years and older and weighing at least 20 kg.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Levacetylleucine is contraindicated in the following cases:

Lactation

Lactation

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