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Leucovorin
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A medication that provides folate to the body, used as a treatment that bypasses blocked folate receptors to allow methylated folate to cross the blood-brain barrier.
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"There is an existing treatment called leucovorin that we can deliver today to get folate into your brain and spinal cord"
Attribution: Palmer presents leucovorin as an available treatment option for folate antibody issues
"They have observed that if you give leucovorin as an example which bypasses the blocked receptor allowing methylated folate to get into the blood-brain barrier they have seen clinical improvement."
Attribution: Marty Makary discusses leucovorin as a potential treatment for autism that some doctors have observed to show clinical improvement