THE EFFICACY OF A DOSE-ESCALATED APPLICATION OF TRANSDERMAL NICOTINE PLUS SULPIRIDE IN TOURETTES-SYNDROME

Authors
DURSUN SM REVELEY MA
Citation
Sm. Dursun et Ma. Reveley, THE EFFICACY OF A DOSE-ESCALATED APPLICATION OF TRANSDERMAL NICOTINE PLUS SULPIRIDE IN TOURETTES-SYNDROME, European psychiatry, 11(4), 1996, pp. 204-206
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
European psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09249338
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
204 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-9338(1996)11:4<204:TEOADA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The addition of a dose-escalated regimen of transdermal nicotine patch es (TNP) improved ties of a non-smoker patient with Tourette's syndrom e, whose ties did not respond to sulpiride. This improvement, as asses sed by the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale, lasted for up to 8 weeks, b ut not 16 weeks. An explanation for the efficacy of TNP is presented.