Lipoic acid offers no improvements in walking speed or other outcomes in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis ...

Taking lipoic acid failed to ease progressive MS symptoms in a clinical trial, but the antioxidant showed signs of slowing ...

The potential benefits of alpha-lipoic acid include improving blood sugar in diabetes, relieving nerve pain, promoting weight loss, reducing inflammation, and supporting heart and skin health. However ...

The over-the-counter supplement lipoic acid may have a small beneficial effect in slowing the loss of gray matter in the brains of people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, according to new ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An over-the-counter supplement called lipoic acid might help slow the loss of gray matter in the brains of people with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

Rebecca Spain, M.D., M.S.P.H., is lead author on a new randomized controlled clinical trial testing the over-the-counter supplement lipoic acid in treating progressive forms of multiple sclerosis. The ...

The over‐the‐counter supplement lipoic acid may have a small beneficial effect in slowing the loss of gray matter in the brains of people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, according to new ...

Lipoic acid did not improve patients’ walking speed, which was the main outcome being measured by researchers. But MRI scans revealed the supplement did appear to slow brain atrophy, researchers ...