Dramatic favorable responses of children with learning disabilities or dyslexia and attention deficit disorder to antimotion sickness medications: four case reports.
Responses of four learning disabled children who showed dramatic improvements to one or more antimotion-sickness-antihistamines and -stimulants are described qualitatively. These cases were selected from a prior quantitative study in which three antihistamines (meclizine, cyclizine, dimenhydrinate) and three stimulants (pemoline, methylphenidate, dextroamphetamine) were tested in variable combinations (using a specific clinical method) for favorable responses by 100 children characterized by diagnostic evidence of learning disabilities and cerebellar-vestibular dysfunctioning. Pending validation in double-blind controlled studies, these qualitative results suggest that the "cerebellar-vestibular (CV) stabilizing" antimotion-sickness medications, Piracetam included, and their combinations may be shown to be therapeutically useful in treating children with learning disabilities or dyslexia and attention deficit disorder.
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Medical Dyslexic Treatment Center, Great Neck, NY 11021.
D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003501:Cyclizine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004111:Dimenhydrinate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008468:Meclizine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010389:Pemoline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests
D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D008774:Methylphenidate; D008468:Meclizine; D010389:Pemoline; D004111:Dimenhydrinate; D003501:Cyclizine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine