The successful use of ondansetron in a boy with both leukemia and Tourette syndrome.

Author(s): Rizzo R, Marino S, Gulisano M, Robertson MM

Affiliation(s): Section of Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Pediatrics University of Catania, Azienda Policlinico, Catania, Italy. rerizzo@unict.it

Publication date & source: 2008-01, J Child Neurol., 23(1):108-11.

Publication type: Case Reports

This article reports an 8-year-old boy with both acute lymphoblastic leukemia and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Initially, for his leukemia, he was treated with chemotherapy, which resulted in severe nausea and vomiting for which he was given ondansetron. This not only relieved the target symptoms, but also those of his Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Following a reduction of the ondansetron dosage, his Gilles de la Tourette syndrome symptoms reemerged.