The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies to tell you what supplements affect Symptoms of Schizophrenia.
Full details on all Symptoms of Schizophrenia supplements are available to Examine Plus members.
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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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Notable
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High See all 4 studies |
While the magnitude of benefit seen with Sarcosine is comparable to both D-serine and glycine, it appears to require a much lower (more practical) dose than does glycine and is more reliable than D-serine
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Minor
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Moderate See all 6 studies |
D-Serine supplementation is able to reduce symptoms of schizophrenia (more efficacy on negative and cognitive symptoms rather than positive) in a dose-dependent manner between 30-120mg/kg, but possibly due to the unreliable increases in blood D-serine its benefits are also unreliable
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- | Very High See all 3 studies |
At the dose that showed anti-depressant effects, inositol failed to improve any symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
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