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Pathological Gambling (PG)

Gambling disorder is a behavioral addiction in which people keep gambling despite real harm, tied to the brain's dopamine reward pathways and weakened impulse control. Little research on supplements for it has been reviewed here so far, though N-acetyl cysteine has been studied specifically for gambling, and the one review available looks at vitamin D and mental health more broadly. The evidence is moderate for N-acetyl cysteine and limited for everything else.

Supplements studied
1
Graded outcomes
0
Trials
1
People studied
28

Evidence by supplement

  • Strong
  • Moderate
  • Limited
  • Very limited

1 supplement

Nicotine: outcomes studied for Pathological Gambling (PG)
GradeOutcomeEffectSizeStudiesPeopleStudies list
Impulse Control

No effect

1 study28 people

Studies that measured impulse control

The Gambling Disorder Recovery Support protocol

2 primary supplements · 7 supporting supplements

See the full protocol

Studies cited

1 study from PubMed

  1. The effects of acute doses of nicotine on video lottery terminal gambling in daily smokersPsychopharmacology · PMID 21904819