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PubMed
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J Child Neurol. 2008 Jan;23(1):108-11.
The successful use of ondansetron in a boy with both leukemia and tourette syndrome.
Rizzo R, Marino S, Gulisano M, Robertson MM.
Section of Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Pediatrics University of Catania, Azienda Policlinico, Catania, Italy.
This article reports an 8-year-old boy with both acute lymphoblastic leukemia and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Initially, for his leukemia, he was treated with chemotherapy, which resulted in severe nausea and vomiting for which he was given ondansetron. This not only relieved the target symptoms, but also those of his Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Following a reduction of the ondansetron dosage, his Gilles de la Tourette syndrome symptoms reemerged.
PMID: 18184945 [PubMed - in process
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Medline info. about Ondansetron
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...r/a601209.html
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Ondansetron is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. Ondansetron is in a class of medications called 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. It works by blocking the action of serotonin, a natural substance that may cause nausea and vomiting.
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