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The demonstration of clonidine’s effectiveness in Tourette syndrome (TS) (Ashanuddin et al.,1980; Cohen et al., 1979, 1980; Dorsey, 1981) substantially expanded the pharmacological options in the management of this condition. For the preceding decade, the only clearly effective medication was haloperidol, and before that, TS sufferers received a host of treatments ranging from psychotherapy to behavior modification to electroconvulsive treatment.
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Dorsey, R. (1986). Clinical Management of Tourette Syndrome with Clonidine. In: Shah, N.S., Donald, A.G. (eds) Movement Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5038-5_13
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