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Clinical Trial
. 1997;104(2-3):307-10.
doi: 10.1007/BF01273191.

Inositol treatment of autism

J Levine  1 , A Aviram, A Holan, A Ring, Y Barak, R H Belmaker
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Clinical Trial

Inositol treatment of autism

J Levine et al. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 1997.

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that serotonin reuptake inhibitors are helpful in at least some symptoms of autism. Inositol is a precursor of the second messenger for some serotonin receptors, and has been reported effective in depression, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. However a controlled double-blind crossover trial of inositol 200 mg/kg per day showed no benefit on 9 children with autism. Since biochemical studies could evaluate inositol in children already receiving serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

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