[Therapy of tic disorders apparently of organic origin in a multi-morbid 5-year-old patient with lofexidine (Britlofex) and clonidine (Catapressan)].
We report about a five year-old patient suffering from tics and ADHD (attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder), aggressions, depression and emotional disorder. Furthermore, an epileptic focus and perinatal encephalopathy were diagnosed. Lofexidine (Britlofex) medication did not reduce Tic symptomatology, but showed remarkable sedative effects. Family therapy and Clonidine (Catapressan) medication reduced symptomatology significantly.
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Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck. helmut.niederhofer@uibk.ac.at
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000188:drug therapy; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003000:Clonidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D003000:Clonidine; C025655:lofexidine