Sleep Apnoea

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Flaxseed Oil  [1, 2, 3, 4]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: no recommendation  (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that flaxseed oil helps to treat sleep apnoea)

Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/flaxseed

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-flaxseed.html

4. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/flaxseed/index.htm


 

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