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Emergence of Symptoms of Tourette's Syndrome during Fluvoxamine Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. Fennig ,
S. Naisberg Fennig ,
M. Pato  and
A. Weitzman
S. Fennig*
Affiliation:
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
S. Naisberg Fennig
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
M. Pato
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
A. Weitzman
Affiliation:
Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, and Geha Mental Health Center, Israel
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A 14-year-old boy with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) developed, under fluvoxamine treatment, acute symptoms of Tourette's syndrome (TS) with aggravation of the OCD. The TS symptoms did not respond to dopamine blockers and disappeared only after withdrawal of fluvoxamine. Readministration of fluvoxamine caused a re-emergence of the same symptoms.

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Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 839 - 841
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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