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Understanding the serum vitamin B12 level and its implications for treating neuropsychiatric conditions: an orthomolecular perspective

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Prousky J
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Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, 2011;331/332:54-63.

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) ranks among the most useful, safe, and effective orthomolecules when treating a diverse array of neuropsychiatric conditions. However, most clinicians do not consider vitamin B12 important unless the serum level is below laboratory reference ranges.

Naturopathic Care for Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Cooley K, Szczurko O, Perri D, Mills EJ, Bernhardt B, et. al. Naturopathic care for anxiety: a randomized controlled trial ISRCTN78958974. PLoS One 2009;4(8):e6628.

BACKGROUND: Anxiety is a serious personal health condition and represents a substantial burden to overall quality of life. Additionally, anxiety disorders represent a significant cost to the health care system as well as employers through benefits, coverage and days missed due to incapacity.

Links between ADHD and Environmental Pollutants: Implications for Preventative Naturopathic Clinical Practice

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Seely D, Cooley K, Fritz H. Townsend Letter for Doctors, 2009; Feb/Mar:83-88.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurobehavioural disorder with a complex etiology thought to involve genetic expression, learning and childhood development, diet, neurotransmitters, and neurotoxic exposure to pollutants.

Orthomolecular Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

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Prousky, J. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, 2005;259/260:82-87.

Anxiety disorders are life altering psychiatric conditions that severely impair the quality of life of those suffering from them.

Supplemental niacinamide mitigates anxiety symptoms: three case reports.

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Prousky J. Journal of Ortho Med, 2005; 20(3):167-178.

The purpose of this report is to highlight the potential of niacinamide for the treatment of anxiety disorders. Three patients were prescribed large pharmacological doses of niacinamide (2,000-2,500 mg per day). Each of the patients had considerable relief from their anxiety when regularly using niacinamide.

Randomized controlled trials in long-term care residents with dementia: a systematic review.

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Mills EJ, Chow TW. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2003;4(6):302-7.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials for pharmacologic interventions in long-term care residents with dementia.

Pellagra may be a rare secondary complication of anorexia nervosa: a systematic review of the literature.

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Prousky JE. Altern Med Rev. 2003;8(2):180-5.

Pellagra is a nutritional wasting disease attributable to a combined deficiency of tryptophan and niacin (nicotinic acid). It is characterized clinically by four classic symptoms often referred to as the four Ds: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death.

Orthomolecular and Botanical Treatments to Help Alleviate the Side Effects of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs.

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Prousky J, Hayman R. Journal of Ortho Med 2006;21(1):17-33.

The current standard of care for schizophrenic patients, such as continual medication with atypical antipsychotic drugs, does more harm than good. A review of the literature revealed that in addition to causing the well known side effects of extrapyramidal symptoms and tardive dyskinesia, side effects such as hyperprolactinemia, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, diabetes, cardiac arrhythmia

The Orthomolecular Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Primer for Clinicians.

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Prousky J. Townsend Letter for Doctors, 2007;283:86-100.

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