Looking for amino acid supplement advice for PD

[Vt11]

What are people taking in the way of amino acid supplements for PD? Names of specific products would be very helpful.

[Rhyothemis]

I would be pretty cautious about taking amino acid supplements, especially those marketed to bodybuilders - mostly branched chain amino acids. BCAAs can interfere with effectiveness of levadopa. They also increase mTOR, which may not be a good idea as it suppresses autophagy . OTOH arginine increases mTOR but also may inhibit protein aggregation - but no studies yet on people with PD or even animal models of PD AFAIK, just animal models of ataxia.

[Zardoz]

N Acetyl Cysteine as a precursor for glutathione.