Posted by Franz on May 28, 2007, at 11:59:00
In reply to Anti anxiety ginkgo?, posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 29, 2007, at 10:10:18
> Well. I know it works on the ummmm, I forget which receptor 5htp1a? Anyway. Something that people have been sort of suggesting here on babble (that ginkgo works for anxiety perhaps) is starting to show up in studies......
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> Generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, is defined as nearly constant worry or fear about everyday events. Patients who suffer from it are often prescribed anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines, but such medications can have unwanted side effects.
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> In a study accepted by Journal of Psychiatric Research in May, 2006, and published online ahead of print, 107 patients with GAD, or a similar condition called adjustment disorder with anxious mood, received either a high dose of a gingko biloba extract called EGb 761®, a low dose of the same extract, or a placebo for four weeks. Result: the extract worked roughly as well as benzodiazepines, but was tolerated better, had fewer serious adverse effects and had no risk of dependence.
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> Although the study will need to be repeated in a larger population to verify the efficacy of the extract, it is just one more example of how the combination of compounds in a natural botanical or botanical extract can perform on a par with single-compound synthetic drugs, but with far fewer negatives. More attention needs to be given to this kind of research.There is a patent (doesn´t mean it really works) for a combinaton of ginkgo+ginger
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5622704.html
poster:Franz
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