Acetylcysteine Injection 1 Ampoule

In the hospital setting, the use of NAC yields potential benefits that outweigh the potential risks. Glutathione levels are being restored and maintained in the normal range because the toxins deplete glutathione.

Drug studies have measured the glutathione levels going down after the toxic exposure. Damage to the body and vital organs occur, usually involving the liver or kidneys depending on the toxic exposure. Studies have also measured glutathione levels going up after NAC administration and damage to vital organs is mitigated.2, 3, 4

In the skin lightening situation, normal glutathione levels are being elevated even higher. This is usually when good pills do bad things. The risk-benefit ratio is no longer the same. Treating a healthy person is very different than treating a sick person. Medical professionals take a vow never to cause harm and giving medicine to a healthy person is not the same as giving medicine to a sick person.

Vitamin C is similar to glutathione in that it is also a powerful antioxidant depleted by toxins. Smoking tobacco depletes vitamin C levels and the expert doctors at the National Institute of Health (NIH) have recommended that healthy smokers consume extra vitamin C supplement in the pill form.5 According to their website they recommend a dose of vitamin C 35 mg every day. It’s a small dose, but enough to restore the vitamin C levels to normal.

Interestingly, vitamin C is also used in the IV form as a skin lightener, often times it is combined with glutathione.

Could glutathione and it’s precursors be a key in slowing the aging process? Do high levels restore and repair damage that has already occurred? That is being investigated now. It might be too soon to recommend glutathione and it’s immediate precursors