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Pimozide is used to treat the symptoms of Tourette's syndrome. It is meant only for patients with severe symptoms who cannot take or have not been helped by other medicine.

Pimozide works in the central nervous system to help control the vocal outbursts and uncontrolled, repeated movements of the body (tics) t... continue

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Tourette Syndrome & Tic...
16
56%
Depression
1
0%
ADHD / ADD
1
0%
Depression - Teen
1
100%
Overall, 53% (19 Members) find Orap helpful

Orap Reviews

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Helped w/ OCD,but side effects of uncontrollable drooling wasn't worth it to me
tried and moved on
clomipramine. worked but side effects unbearable
seems to do okay if it was by itself
helps a little according to her but not doing great
Worked the best but side effect were weight gain and looking puffy.
I see no difference from when he takes this or doesnt
This was a bad experience in 2002. I'll write more about it later on.
after taking it for quite some time it still had no working effects for my tourettes as well as it made my insomnia worse..
Nightmare. Idiot neurologist put me on it then I went 150 miles away to college. Dropped out because of depression side effect.
Not Working
Anti-psychotic! Combined with imipramine (which is, according to the prescribing lit, dangerous) made me a zombie.
Not Working
He had a dystonic reaction to it ~ now he is off it
Working / Worked
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