Abstract: Use of L-carnitine and/or of one or more alkanoyl L-carnitines or one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the preparation of an opthalmic physiological supplement or medicament in the form of eye-drops, for the treatment of corneal diseases.

Abstract: The use of L-carnitine, or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, is described in combination with glucose for the preparation of a medicament useful for diminishing the number of deaths caused by acute myocardial infarction, for reducing the number of days infarction patients spend in intensive care in hospital, and for reducing the number of episodes of post-infarction heart failure, in which the L-carnitine is administered intravenously within only a few hours of the onset of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction at an initial dose of 9 grams a day in combination with 1000-1500 mL of a 5% glucose solution for 5 days, after which the L-carnitine treatment is continued at a dose of 4 grams a day administered orally.

Abstract: Erectile dysfunction is treated with a combination of propionyl L-carnitine in combination with sildenafil, apomorphine prostaglandin E1, pentolamine and papaverine.

Abstract: A method of stimulating osteoblastic activity comprising administering isovaleryl L-carnitine is disclosed.

Abstract: The use of propionyl L-carnitine in combination with acetyl L-carnitine, or one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, is disclosed for the preparation of a medicament, or of a nutritional supplement, for the prevention and/or treatment of the disorders of the male andropause caused by ageing or by chemical or surgical castration.

Abstract: The use of L-carnitine or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts is described for the preparation of a medicine useful for reducing the number of deaths caused by acute myocardial infarction and for improving the short-and-long-term prognosis in the patients treated with it, in which L-carnitine is administered parenterally within the first few hours of onset of the symptoms of acute myocardial infarction at an initial dose of 9 grams a day for 5 days, after which the treatment is continued at a dose of 4 grams a day by the enteral route.

Abstract: The use of isovaleryl L-carnitine for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and cure of osteoporosis and for the prevention and cure of fractures occurring during osteoporosis post-menopause or during the aging, is described.

Abstract: A method of increasing healing of bone fractures consisting essentially of administering isovaleryl L-carnitine is disclosed.

Abstract: The use is described of L-carnitine and propionyl L-carnitine, or of one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the preparation of a medicine for the treatment of oglioasthenoteratospermia of any origin.

Abstract: The use of an alkanoyl L-carnitine for preparing a medicament for treating the erectile dysfunction is described.

Abstract: The invention described herein relates to the use of propionyl L-carnitine or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the preparation of a medicine useful for the treatment of La Peyronie's disease in its various stages, particularly at the advanced stage and in forms resistant to conventional therapies. The medicine is suitable for oral, intramuscular, intravenous, and intraplaque administration. The invention described herein also relates to a combination of an active ingredient in the treatment of La Peyronie's disease, particularly verapamil, and propionyl L-carnitine or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Propionyl L-carnitine has proved to be more effective than the known active ingredients, also in intractable forms, and presents a lower incidence of side effects.

Abstract: The use of isovaleryl L-camitine for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and cure of osteoporosis and for the prevention and cure of fractures occurring during osteoporosis post-menopause or during the ageing, is described.