Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease: adverse effects of medications and implications for treatment

Neurology. 2006 Sep 12;67(5):875-7. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233847.72349.b6.

Abstract

The authors conducted a retrospective and brief prospective study of adverse effects of approximately 350 medications in 44 adults with late-onset Tay-Sachs disease (LOTS). Some medications were relatively safe, whereas others, particularly haloperidol, risperidone, and chlorpromazine, were associated with neurologic worsening.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / therapeutic use
  • Disease Progression
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Psychotropic Drugs / adverse effects*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tay-Sachs Disease / physiopathology*
  • Tay-Sachs Disease / therapy*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
  • Psychotropic Drugs