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Any thoughts on using inositol in psychiatry and can you explain what exactly it is..can be bought in some vitamin stores?

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Inositol in psychiat: There are scholarly articles by j. Levine ; j.Benjamin in 1995 that show the benefit of inositol in depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder.

Dr Altman and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/8/2016

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