Tics and stimulant medication: Is it a concern?

 

Realistic statistics: Tics, facial and other, are also of mention with regards to stimulant medication. While some studies have shown little or no correlation between medicinal treatment for ADHD and tics, one study of 120 children at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY reported on  in the archives of Pediatric and Adolescent medicine concluded that around 9% of those who use methylphenidate (Ritalin and related drugs) and 6% on amphetamines used in the  treatment of ADHD will develop tics. (that were not previously noted.) One child (120 total involved with the study) developed Tourette’s Syndrome in connection with the use of stimulants. For a more complete look at the issue see appendix and accompanying website. 

 

Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 148(8), 859-861.

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