Also on Monday, the FDA approved a lesser-known drug, leucovorin, as a treatment for autism, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said during the briefing.

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moogly 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Also a peddler of supplements. Does he sell folinic acid perhaps?

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bmau5 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

which is the folinic acid, an active form of folate

	▲	ggm 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Folate in pregnancy has been a thing forever. Folate reinforced foods, commonplace. Precisely because of neural tube development in pregnancy. I would add, across the period of time diagnosis of autism has risen, folate supplementation has been commonplace. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4933077/ for example. I'm not an epidemiologist. I prefer advice on things to come with epidemiologists backing. I'm not getting a vibe if that's happening this news cycle.
	▲	rolph 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		in other words, vitamin B9