Psychiatry related information on Orthomolecular Therapy

• Vitamin A intoxication as a consequence of megavitamin therapy for minimal brain dysfunction occurred in a 4-year-old boy [1].

High impact information on Orthomolecular Therapy

• Ascorbic acid-induced uricosuria. A consequency of megavitamin therapy [2].
• Thus, the use of large doses of retinol in the treatment of some human diseases and the use of megavitamin therapy for certain chronic disorders as well as the growing tendency toward vitamin faddism should alert physicians to the possibility of vitamin overdose [3].
• Exciting new treatments employing the foodstuffs ascorbate or citrate (orthomolecular therapy) are currently under investigation [4].
• Is there a role for megavitamin therapy in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [5]?
• Megavitamin therapy with pyridoxine [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Orthomolecular Therapy

• A note on the ADP-ribose-protein linkages in rat-liver nuclei: a possible approach to assessing megavitamin therapy with niacin [7].

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