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Ketonex-2 MSUD Medical Food
Branched-chain amino acid-free formula for MSUD management. Powdered medical food by Abbott Nutrition.
Ketonex-2 is a branched-chain amino acid-free medical food for children and adults with Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD). It provides essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals while excluding leucine, isoleucine, and valine, the amino acids MSUD patients cannot metabolize.
MSUD Relevance
- Free of leucine, isoleucine, and valine, the branched-chain amino acids toxic in MSUD.
- Provides all other essential and non-essential amino acids for normal growth and development.
- Powdered format for flexible dosing during metabolic crises when intake must be carefully titrated.
- Abbott's metabolic formula line has decades of clinical use in MSUD management protocols.
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