Glutamine is taken through the mouth for sickle cell disease, to improve nutrition and help people to recover from surgery, burns, injuries, bone marrow transplant, complications of HV/AIDS, radiation. Glutamine is given intravenously for improving recovery after surgery and other situations.
Glutamine is generally available as capsules or in packets as a powder form. These are two prescribed glutamine products approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration: Endari(Emmaus medical, inc) and NutreStore(Emmaus medical, inc).