Posted by memma on November 3, 2003, at 22:57:08
In reply to Re: What is your degree of recovery?, posted by Ron Jones on November 3, 2003, at 22:13:10
Ron,
From:
http://www.bipolarnews.org/pdfs/bnnvol8iss2.pdfAbout the woman who was cured: "The question remains as to whether the patient's remission was directly related to omega-3 fatty acids, was a natural course-of-illness phenomenon, or possibly merely a continuation of previously partially effective agents which gradually induced the remission."
This does not conclusively state that the subject was cured by fish oil. It goes on to say more research is needed.
From the same article:
"The clinical trial studies noted here ... used omega-3 fatty acids as an additional treatment to the medication patients were already taking; we don't have any good data that omega-3 fatty acids used alone will be beneficial.""...Considering using omega-3 fatty acids alone in the treatment of bipolar illness would not (at this time) appear to be wise. On the contrary, the use of omega-3 fatty acids may lead one to avoid prescription medication approaches with known treatment efficacy."
Please be more responsible with the conclusions you draw from research studies.
-memma
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