Posted by nolvas on November 4, 2009, at 20:03:23
In reply to Re: anyone still take inositol for OCD?, posted by g_g_g_unit on November 2, 2009, at 15:43:33
I have done over a 3 month trial with Inositol with zero effect at 12g doses this was four years ago and I tried two different sources of Inositol and used pharmaceutical grade powder. The last Israeli trial on Inositol was in 2001 I believe.
J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2001 Jun;21(3):335-9.
Double-blind, controlled, crossover trial of inositol versus fluvoxamine for the treatment of panic disorder. Palatnik A, Frolov K, Fux M, Benjamin J.There is a 2004 study but I don't have an abstract that states whether Inositol was effective or not :
Metab Brain Dis. 2004 Jun;19(1-2):51-70.
Effects of myo-inositol versus fluoxetine and imipramine pretreatments on serotonin 5HT2A and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in human neuroblastoma cells.Brink CB, Viljoen SL, de Kock SE, Stein DJ, Harvey BH.
Here's some links to more studies regarding Inositol :
http://www.modern-psychiatry.com/new_page_33.htm
I think the answer lies in this sentence though :
The total number of studies inositol for depression is four or five covering only 141-166 patients. It's simply too early to draw any conclusions. However, since it is relatively inexpensive with few side-effects, it appears acceptable as an add-on strategy.
The studies are minimal to say the least, I have no reason to suspect that Inositol is effective in treating anxiety or OCD and I've done a trial on my self which proved to me that Inositol is about as useful as sugar in treating OCD and anxiety.
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