Piracetam as an aid to learning in dyslexia. Preliminary report.
Sixteen male dyslexic children were seen again when adults and matched with 14 student volunteers for a 21-day trial of piracetam. It was found, using a double-blind cross-over technique, that dyslexics significantly increased their verbal learning by 15.0% and students by 8.6% (over and above their placebo increase).
D002648:Child; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D010889:Piracetam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D010889:Piracetam