Table 3.
Medication and behavioural interventions for tics as reported by parents (n = 295)
| Helpfulness | Adverse effects | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score (−2 to 2) | Responded “somewhat helpful” or “very helpful” | Score (0 to 3) | Responded “moderate” or “severe” | |||||||
| Treatment | n | (%) | Mean | ( SD ) | n | (%) | Mean | ( SD ) | n | (%) |
| Medication | ||||||||||
| Risperidone | 77 | (27.7) | 0.1 | (1.3) | 30 | (39.5) | 1.9 | (1.1) | 48 | (63.2) |
| Clonidine | 73 | (26.3) | 0.1 | (1.1) | 30 | (41.1) | 1.5 | (1.1) | 34 | (46.6) |
| Aripiprazole | 55 | (19.9) | 1.0 | (1.0 ) | 38 | (69.1) | 0.9 | (1.1) | 14 | (25.5) |
| Haloperidol | 24 | (8.7) | −0.1 | (1.2) | 6 | (25.0) | 1.9 | (1.3) | 17 | (70.8) |
| Sulpiride | 13 | (4.7) | −0.2 | (1.0) | 2 | (15.4) | 1.3 | (1.4) | 6 | (46.2) |
| Pimozide | 7 | (2.5) | 0.3 | (1.3) | 3 | (42.9) | 1.7 | (1.4) | 4 | (57.1) |
| Clonazepam | 7 | (2.5) | −0.1 | (1.5) | 3 | (42.9) | 2.0 | (1.4) | 5 | (71.4) |
| Lorazepam | 5 | (1.8) | 0.2 | (1.3) | 3 | (60.0) | 1.6 | (1.5) | 3 | (60.0) |
| Behavioural interventions for tics | 74 | (25.9) | 0.4 | (1.0) | 34 | (48.6) | 0.4 | (0.8) | 8 | (11.4) |
Helpfulness scale: −2 = unhelpful – tics got a lot worse; −1 = unhelpful – tics got a bit worse; 0 = tics stayed the same; 1 = somewhat helpful; 2 = very helpful. Adverse effects scale: 0 = none; 1 = mild; 2 = moderate; 3 = severe.