title: Tourette disorder treated with valproic acid.
abstract: Valproic acid was successfully prescribed for a 10-year old boy suffering from Tourette's Disorder with a co-morbid bipolar diagnosis. Valproic acid has demonstrated efficacy in reducing the total number of motor tics, their frequency, intensity, complexity, and impairment in a patient who had failed to respond to numerous other medications. Valproic acid may be a useful agent to consider for children with treatment-resistant Tourette's disorder.
authors.affiliation: *Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Peoria, IL; and †Department of Psychiatry, University of Louisville School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lippmann
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D014635:Valproic Acid