Combined therapy with tetrabenazine and pimozide in Huntington's chorea: pilot study
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Combined therapy with tetrabenazine and pimozide in Huntington's chorea: pilot study
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Abstract
Current medication for Huntingtons chorea is based on compounds which affect the activity of acetylcholine and dopamine in the basal ganglia and is unsatisfactory. This report describes a small clinical trial of dopamine antagonists, tetrabenazine (Nitoman) and pimozide (Orap). Improvement was early and striking but was not maintained over the trial period of 83 weeks.
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