Posted by Blue Cheer 1 on March 4, 2002, at 1:56:30
In reply to Re: Inositol for depression? » Bekka H., posted by TSA West on March 3, 2002, at 13:46:17
> All the studies on Inositol and depression/bipolar were done in Israel, and I've never met anyone who had success on it-- leading me to believe that an Israeli company has a financial interest in making inositol seem like an antidepressant.
It seems that way only because the leading inositol researcher, Haim Belmaker (along with Joseph Levine and Jonathan Benjamin), is from Ben Gurion University. It definitely has demonstrated antidepressant (bipolar, too), anti-panic, and anti-obsessive properties. Also, there have been several inositol studies published in the U.S. I know for a fact that Gary Sachs at MGH is using it a lot in bipolar depression, and it's being used for refractory bipolar depression in the STEP-BD study (bipolar).
Ben Gurion U. is trying to market a kit based on inositol levels to determine lithium responsivity.
http://www.bgu.ac.il/bgn/Manic.htmlBlue
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