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.
Medical Dyslexic Treatment Center, Great Neck, NY 11021.
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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