Curious if n acetyl cysteine is used in practice

[birchswing]

Came across n acetyl cysteine and the theoretical uses for it in psychiatry. Wondering if it is used clinically or if it's one of those things that's talked about more than actually used.

This is a good article on its uses in psychiatry. I found it fascinating how broad its potential uses are:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044191/

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[slappy]

I've used it in skin picking with minimal success.

 

[F0nzie]

Marijuana cessation. No takers. But many users I have seen seem to just quit when they feel ready.

 

[Ceke2002]

Interesting, that study was done by a group of Australian Doctors/Research Fellows. If I remember I'll ask my Psychiatrist next session if he knows what the current state of usage/promise with this particular supplement (compound?) is.

 

[WisNeuro]

I worked on an RCT where it was used for Trich. Not very efficacious for us. The behavioral treatments vastly outperformed it.

 

[Ceke2002]

I worked on an RCT where it was used for Trich. Not very efficacious for us. The behavioral treatments vastly outperformed it.

Yeah that study was done back in 2011 and although I did only skim through it, it did sound as if any possible benefits were tentative at that time and required more research. I'm not sure about these studies that seem to be looking for the next big thing in Psychiatric treatment that's going to come in the form of some sort of vitamin or supplement, part of me thinks looking at these non medicine alternatives has at least a little bit to do with assuaging the anti psych 'psychiatric medications kill' type crowd.