Table 2.
Description of past medication and the history of tic severity for each year.
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| Tourette subjectsa | Past medication | Current age | Age at tic onset | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25+ | 31+ | 36+ | 41+ | 46+ | 51+ |
| 1 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | Zoloft | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 46 | 5 | ¥ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rivotril | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 | Nitoman | 54 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 12 | Haldoperidol/Nitoman | 36 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Not specified | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Not specified | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Note. The numerical values indicate subjective tic severity for each year: 1 = milder; 2 = mild; 3 = moderate; 4 = severe; 5 = more severe.
The grey shadings indicate the years where the tics were present.
a
The severity scores were not available for subject 4.