Citicoline

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• What other names is Citicoline known by?
• What is Citicoline?
• How does Citicoline work?
• Are there safety concerns?
• Dosing considerations for Citicoline.

What other names is Citicoline known by?

5'-Cytidine diphosphate choline, CDPC, CDP Choline, CDP-Choline, Citicholine, Citicolina, Cytidine 5-Diphosphocholine, Cytidine 5'-diphosphocholine, Cytidine (5') diphosphocholine, Cytidine Diphosphate Choline, Cytidine Diphosphocholine, Cytidinediphosphocholine.

What is Citicoline?

Possibly Effective for...

• Age-related memory problems.
• Stroke.

Insufficient Evidence to Rate Effectiveness for...

• Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, head trauma, Parkinson's disease, and glaucoma.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database rates effectiveness based on scientific evidence according to the following scale: Effective, Likely Effective, Possibly Effective, Possibly Ineffective, Likely Ineffective, and Insufficient Evidence to Rate (detailed description of each of the ratings).