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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, there’s not much in the way of harm here.  Folate is water soluble so if it’s too much you just pee it out.  Worth a try anyway.[/quote]

The limited study they did suggests there are potential behavioral side effects to this drug.  So, yes, it could negatively impact kids.[/quote]

That's pretty much the same as any of the drugs that get prescribed for ASD-related behaviors/issues. The idea that you might need to stop the medication if behaviors get worse isn't much a problem. Anyone with a kid taking meds has probably been through a ton of instances of that. [/quote]

But those drugs weren’t approved based on politics and a much lower standard of review. That’s the point. of course every thing has risks and benefits and SN parents are the must vulnerable to quacks and shams of all types. That’s why our kids deserve therepeutics to be assessed by top flight research. Which did NOT happen here. [/quote]

One of the many, many problems with Trump and RFK running things is that we don't really know. But just like it wasn't right to automatically dismiss the covid vaccines as being rushed for political reasons, this shouldn't be entirely dismissed.

As previously noted in this thread, this isn't new. People have been looking at this for 20 years. And there's a moderately inexpensive blood test that can indicate whether there's a plausible reason to try it in a patient.

I certainly don't think anyone should run out and start their kid on Leucovorin. But, if there are risk factors, like other autoimmune disorders, it might be worth ordering a FRAT.[/quote]

Who dismissed leucovorin? I certainly did not. I said it has not been adequately tested and is now being used as a political prop. [/quote]

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