L-Glutamine Dispersible Tablets 1000mg Suppliers & Bulk Manufacturers

Available Forms: tablets

Available Strengths: 1000mg

Reference Brands:

Category: Critical Care

Enteral Nutrition

Product Description:

L-glutamine dispersible tablets supply glutamine in a form that disperses in water for patients who cannot easily swallow tablets or take powders. Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body and the preferred fuel of enterocytes and rapidly dividing immune cells. It is conditionally essential: during critical illness, burns, trauma or intensive chemotherapy, requirements exceed what the body can make.

It is used to support gut integrity and nitrogen balance during catabolic illness and recovery, and it has been studied for chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-related mucositis, with some supportive but inconsistent results. It has a separate, well-established role in sickle cell disease, where pharmaceutical-grade L-glutamine at high doses reduces painful crises. Its limits matter: a large trial of high-dose supplementation in critically ill patients with organ failure found increased mortality, so it is avoided in that group, and it adds a nitrogen load that can worsen hepatic encephalopathy.

Sourcing notes. Classification depends on dose and claim — nutritional supplement, food for special medical purposes, or a registered medicine for sickle cell disease, which is a different product with its own approval. Glutamine is hygroscopic and unstable in solution, so moisture-protective packaging and prompt use after dispersal are required.