With health care cuts looming, low-cost magnesium a potential option for treating depression
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Their results showed that magnesium is safe and effective and comparable to prescription SSRI treatments in effectiveness. […]
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The study team found that in 112 participants with analyzable data, consumption of magnesium chloride for six weeks resulted in a clinically significant improvement in measures of depression and anxiety symptoms. In addition, these positive effects were shown quickly, at two weeks, and the supplements were well tolerated and similarly effective regardless of age, sex, or use of antidepressants, among other factors.