Ornithine Alphaketoglutarate (OKG)

Other names : Cétoglutarate D'Ornithine, L-Ornithine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, L(+)-ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate, OKG, Ornicetil, Ornithine ketoglutarate, Ornitina Cetoglutarato.
Don’t confuse ornithine ketoglutarate with Ornithine.
Ornithine ketoglutarate is an amino acid. The body uses amino acids to build proteins. Ornithine ketoglutarate can be made by the body or in a laboratory. People use it as a medicine.

Special Precautions of Ornithine Alphaketoglutarate (OKG)

• There isn't enough reliable information to rate the safety of taking ornithine ketoglutarate by mouth.
• It might be safe for most people when given intravenously (IV) by a healthcare professional.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Not enough is known about the use of ornithine ketoglutarate during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.

The benefits of Ornithine Alphaketoglutarate (OKG) are

Ornithine ketoglutarate might change the way amino acids, the building blocks of protein, are used in the body. It also increases insulin, a hormone that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood.

• Wound healing in burn patients.
• Improving athletic performance : Ornithine ketoglutarate is taken by mouth for enhancing athletic performance and for healing wounds in burn patients.
• Treating mental changes caused by liver disease, when given intravenously (by IV) by a healthcare professional.
• Complications of surgery or long-term feeding by vein and other conditions.
• Ornithine ketoglutarate is also given by IV for helping the body make muscle protein after surgery or stroke; and for treating brain change caused by liver disease.
• Preventing abnormally slow growth in children receiving long-term nutrition by IV : Ornithine ketoglutarate is sometimes included in nutritional formulas that healthcare providers give as an injection into the veins (intravenously, by IV). Ornithine ketoglutarate is added to the formulas to prevent abnormally slow growth in children who are receiving long-term intravenous feeding.
• Anti-Aging : Activates Human Growth hormone (HGH)