Hi Knitknut,
I perhaps wasn't clear in my post, I'm sorry.
Yes, it is possible to develop tics or tic-like symptoms after taking certain medications.
My sentence about the other adults who drop by here from time to time wasn't related to that in particular. I just meant that other adults who have tics post here from time to time.
There are Primary Tic Disorders and there are Secondary Tic Disorders.
Tardive Dyskinesia is another condition that occurs in some people who have reacted badly to certain medications. Dystonia is another condition. Both can appear a little similar to some types of sustained complex tics. Typically, TS appears in childhood and involves both phonic/vocal tics and motor tics that last for longer than a year and typically the tics wax and wane over time. Adult onset of TS isn't that common.
Tourettism is a term sometimes used for the appearance of tics secondary to some other cause.
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbp/v27n1/23707.pdf
Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2005 Mar;27(1):11-7. Epub 2005 Apr 18.
Secondary tics and tourettism.
Mejia NI, Jankovic J.
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Amphetamines, cocaine, heroin, methylphenidate,
pemoline, levodopa, anti-depressants, carbamazepine,
phenytoin, phenobarbitol, lamotrigine, dextroamphetamine,
and other dopamine blocking agents (DRBD, neuroleptics)
have been reported to induce or exacerbate tics.
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Tardive tourettism due to exposure to dopamine receptor
blocking drugs (DRBD) or neuroleptics has been also reported
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This is old now... from 1997 but lists certain medications shown at that time to have induced movement disorders
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9098656
Drug Saf. 1997 Mar;16(3):180-204.
Drug-induced movement disorders.
Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, García-Ruiz PJ, Molina JA
Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2005 May;20(3):177-8.
The emergence of tics during escitalopram and sertraline treatment.
Altindag A, Yanik M, Asoglu M.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15812270
Old too...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3731009
Can J Psychiatry. 1986 Jun;31(5):419-23.
Anticonvulsant medications: an iatrogenic cause of tic disorders.
Burd L, Kerbeshian J, Fisher W, Gascon G.
Just examples. There are at least 17,000 citations in
PubMed for drug induced movement disorders.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...s/a600002.html
Moxifloxacin (Avelox) Drug Info from MedlinePlus
So, Yes... It is possible to develop a movement disorder after taking certain medications. Have you seen a Neurologist? What sort of movements do you have exactly and what makes you think you have Tourette's Syndrome? So sorry about all the questions,
but if I was you I'd be trying to sort out exactly what's gone on. Avelox is used for bacterial infections. I'm also curious if you had anything like Rheumatic Fever in your childhood or if you've ever had positive Strep tests.