When kids and teens with OCD take NAC along with their regular medication, their OCD symptoms get much better overall compared to those who just take the regular medication alone.

Adding NAC to a common OCD medication helps kids and teens better control their compulsive behaviors, like repetitive actions they can't stop doing, better than just taking the medication alone.

NAC might help reduce OCD symptoms more than placebo after 10 weeks, but the difference wasn't quite big enough to be considered statistically significant.

Adding NAC to OCD medication doesn't seem to help kids and teens better control their obsessive thoughts compared to just taking the medication alone.

Kids and teens with OCD who take NAC along with their medication feel better emotionally compared to those who just take the medication alone.

Kids and teens with OCD who take NAC along with their medication have better social interactions and relationships compared to those who just take the medication alone.