Posted by memma on November 3, 2003, at 23:44:04
In reply to Re: To Ron Jones, posted by Ron Jones on November 3, 2003, at 23:20:35
> Do people normally go into remission with drugs for bipolar?It took 30 years after the discovery of lithium for it to be adopted by doctors.Dr.Stoll says you can take it with drugs in his book.Fish oil alone worked in this cliical trial on the WEB.Who knows .
From: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p991211.html
(This is about Stoll's study).
"The primary outcome measure related to the emergence or continuation of mood symptoms. Patients ended their participation in the study and treatment was considered to have failed if the mood symptoms emerged or continued beyond 30 days in patients who were not euthymic at baseline."
The "remission" you're referring to is suppression of mood symptoms. ***This does not mean the disease was cured!!!!!***
"While most patients in the study were on mood stabilizers, eight patients received no concomitant medications. Of those eight, the four patients who received omega-3 monotherapy remained in remission for a significantly longer time than did the four patients who received placebo monotherapy. However, Stoll cautioned against using omega-3 as first-line monotherapy."
"'I wouldn't recommend it first for people. The patients in the study had failed other [medications]. The only way I would use omega-3s by themselves is in someone with an extremely mild form of the illness where treatment is almost optional. Otherwise, we use omega-3s as an adjunct,'" he said."
Ron, I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying please be more careful about your interpretation of these studies.
-memma
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