ALS Untangled Series Ep. 62 - Ashwagandha

Here we review ashwagandha a nutritional supplement that has plausible mechanisms for slowing ALS, promising pre-clinical evidence, and a reasonable safety profile.  There is one person with ALS who experienced a reversal of symptoms on a cocktail of treatments that included ashwagandha.  Cases like this are difficult to interpret as there can be multiple explanations for a person experiencing an ALS reversal.  We have not found any other cases suggesting improvement on this product.  We hope to see the data from the completed phase 2 trial soon.