Scientific Information on Symptoms of OCD
Symptoms of OCD
Summary of Symptoms of OCD
Scientific Information on Symptoms of OCD
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Human Effect Matrix
Unlocked for Examine Plus membersThe Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies to tell you what supplements affect Symptoms of OCD.
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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Minor
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Although a small decrease, there appear to be benefits to OCD symptoms associated with high dose inositol supplementation
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Minor
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- See study |
The lone study assessing the effects of valerian and OCD found a benefit with treatment relative to placebo.
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Minor
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High dose zinc (220mg twice daily) may have a minor additive role to standard OCD therapy (fluoxetine), although the small magnitude of benefit and the high dose used suggest that it is not the best supplemental option.
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