Tag: Tics

While often temporary and benign, eye twitching, or tics, are a documented side effect of some medications, including stimulants used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The link between **ADHD medicine** and eye twitching is complex, often related to the medication's effect on neurotransmitters and existing predispositions.

As a conventional antipsychotic, pimozide is used as a second-line treatment for severe Tourette's Disorder, particularly when a patient has not responded to or cannot tolerate other medications. **What is pimozide?** It is a neuroleptic drug that was developed at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1963 and was approved by the FDA for Tourette's in 1984 under the Orphan Drug Act.