Posted by SLS on July 5, 2016, at 7:13:52
In reply to N-Acetyl cysteine (NAC) for Schizophrenia, posted by Jeroen on July 5, 2016, at 5:51:01
> What do you guys think of this?
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> http://schizophrenia.com/?page_id=706I have not looked into the use of NAC for schizophrenia. However, it has been recommended by a Harvard clinical researcher that NAC be used for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Given that there are reports of NAC being used in schizophrenia and bipolar mania, it might make sense to try it. However, it can take as long as 6 months for NAC to exert an antidepressant effect. I would guess that, for some people, it can take awhile to help with schizophrenia as well. If you tolerate NAC, and it doesn't make you feel worse, I don't see much of a downside to give it a few months to help your other drugs to work. I don't know how well NAC would work by itself. Taking NAC increases the amount of glutathione in the body. Glutathione is a critical anti-oxidant that can reduce free-radical damage and cell death.
To be complete in assessing the medical literature, NAC can induce the metastasis (spread) of pre-existing melanoma in rodents. However, it doesn't seem to produce new tumors. I believe that other anti-oxidant supplements, including vitamin E, have been shown to increase the metastasis of tumors like lung cancer. I don't have any statistics to present. I would hope that the occurrence of these things in humans is remote. People have been taking massive amounts of NAC supplements for many years.
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