Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Pilot Study Finds Promise for Autism in Antioxidant Therapy

 

http://psychcentral.com/ 

 

Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital studied 31 children with the disorder. The antioxidant, called N-Acetylcysteine, or NAC, effectively reduced irritability in children with autism and moderated repetitive behaviors. The researchers emphasized that the findings must be confirmed in a larger trial before NAC can be recommended for children with autism.

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 The dramatic increase in diagnosed cases of autistic spectrum disorders has made the discovery of new medications to treat autism and its symptoms a high priority for researchers. Please view the website to see the side effects and the entire article.

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