N-Acetyl Cysteine (Supplement)

During the course of researching what helps with GS, I came across information on a supplement called N-Acetyl Cysteine (no idea how to pronounce it-LOL!).  I take a 600 mg capsult in the morning with two 500 mg chewable vitamin C tablets.  Thought I'd pass it along since it's one of those things that seems to help me feel better.

This is info from www.gilbertssyndrome.com website:

"Cysteine is an amino acid that contains sulphur, and is needed by the phase-two detoxification pathway. It is a precursor of glutathione, which is needed to breakdown pollutants and toxins and has powerful antioxidant effects. Aldehydes, which are toxic breakdown products of alcohol, rancid fats and smog, are partially neutralized by cysteine. A study reported that large doses of acetaldehyde (derived from alcohol), killed 90% of the mice that consumed it. A control group of mice were primed with vitamin C, vitamin B 1 and cysteine, and were then given the equivalent amount of acetaldehyde that had killed 90% of the other mice. None of the supplement-primed mice in the control group died."

Here's another site with info about it:

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-1018-N-ACETYL%20CYSTEINE.aspx?activeIngredientId=1018&activeIngredientName=N-ACETYL%20CYSTEINE