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Investigating the effects and side effects of two antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome: a semi-experimental research
CONCLUSION: According to the results, the two medicines, Aripiprazole and Risperidone, effectively improved the symptoms of Tourette's disorder and its overall severity. However, there were no significant statistical differences between them. Furthermore, in terms of the medical side effects, the statistical comparison between the two medicines was impossible due to the small number of complications.PMID:37303178 | DOI:10.2174/1570163820666230609095720 (Source: Current Drug Discovery Technologies)
Source: Current Drug Discovery Technologies - June 12, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Atefeh Soltanifar Raheleh Lashkarnevis Maliheh Ziaee Fatemeh Moharari Roya Samadi Azadeh Soltanifar Maedeh Kamrani Source Type: research

Real-world experience with VMAT2 inhibitors in Tourette syndrome
ConclusionVMAT2 inhibitors are effective and safe in the treatment of tics associated with Tourette syndrome but are not readily accessible by patients in the United States, partly because of lack of approval by the Food and Drug Administration. (Source: Journal of Neurology)
Source: Journal of Neurology - June 11, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Case report: Post-traumatic Tourette syndrome resolving with treatment of jugular venous narrowing; reconciling organic brain dysfunction following whiplash trauma with the absence of direct brain injury
We describe a man aged 33 years who developed multiple symptoms, personality change, and a severe tic disorder following a road traffic accident, which were undiminished for 3 years until jugular venous narrowing between the styloid process of the skull and the transverse process of the C1 vertebra was treated by surgical decompression. Immediately following surgery, his abnormal movements almost completely resolved, with no regression in 5 years of follow-up. Vigorously debated at the time was whether or not his condition represented a functional disorder. Unrecognized throughout his illness, however, was a complain...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - June 5, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

What distinguishes patients with mass social media-induced illness presenting with Tourette-like behavior from those with Tourette syndrome? Results of a prospective cohort study
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2023 May 20. doi: 10.1007/s00406-023-01603-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSince 2019, a global increase in patients presenting with functional Tourette-like behaviors (FTB) has been observed. This has been related to the exposure of tic-related content in social media, although other factors seem to further fuel this phenomenon. Recently, we, therefore, proposed the term mass social media-induced illness (MSMI) as, in our opinion, this phenomenon constitutes a new type of mass sociogenic illness (MSI) that is in contrast to all recent outbreaks spread solely via social media. In accorda...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - May 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Carolin Fremer Natalia Szejko Anna Pisarenko Martina Haas Luise Laudenbach Claudia Wegener Kirsten R M üller-Vahl Source Type: research