This is unholy nonsense of the highest order: - n=92 - over a dozen uncontrolled t-tests - NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLACEBO AND CONTROL - headline findings based on sub-group analyses - fish oil does bugger all for ADHDpic.twitter.com/sP9doRJHg3
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The talk of drugs appears to be based on a quote from one of the authors of the study, which is astonishing given that the study didn't look at fish oil in comparison to drugspic.twitter.com/TPgN4TRqey
Also, the study doesn't report excluding kids who were on drugs at the start of the trial, so it's likely that some of the differences could be due to drugs anyway...
Also, did I mention the trial used a per-protocol analysis? I should definitely mention thatpic.twitter.com/KGXqPjF8Df
So, in other words, with a design known to bias results, dozens of uncontrolled statistical tests, and still THE MAIN FINDINGS WERE NEGATIVE
TL:DR - main findings were negative - no benefit to fish oil - nothing to do with ADHD drugs
And in what sense is fish oil not a drug it’s a chemical used to treat/prevent illness.
True but they specifically single out stimulants
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