Clinical Psychiatry News - Metoclopramide treats Tourette’s
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 A daily dose of metoclopramide decreased tic severity by 38.7% in children aged 7-18 years with Tourette’s disorder, compared with a 12.6% reduction in a placebo group, reported Rob Nicholson, M.D., of the University of Western Ontario in London, and his colleagues.
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 27 children, 14 received metoclopramide starting at…
