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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2021

Amantadine for the treatment of childhood and adolescent psychiatric symptoms.

Kyle Morrow, Sun Choi, Keith Young, Makram Haidar, Cassandra Boduch, James A Bourgeois

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyle MorrowDepartment of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas.
Sun ChoiDepartment of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas.
Keith YoungDepartment of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas.
Makram HaidarDepartment of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas.
Cassandra BoduchDepartment of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas.
James A BourgeoisDepartment of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1426-474X
Baylor Scott & White Health · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective study examined clinical parameters associated with amantadine treatment of psychiatric symptoms in children. A total of 297 pediatric patients were prescribed amantadine and met study criteria to assess clinical responses and medication outcomes. More than 62% of patients experienced clinically significant symptom control and 83% achieved at least maintenance symptom control, while 11% discontinued amantadine for nonresponse and 6% stopped amantadine because of side effects. Among patients previously receiving other psychotropic medication, 42% and 28% of patients fully discontinued second- or third-generation antipsychotics or antidepressants, respectively. Patients responsive to amantadine who discontinued or reduced antipsychotic dose experienced a significant reduction in body mass index. Amantadine appears be an efficacious and safe alternative for treatment of a broad set of psychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents. Specifically, it may serve as an effective adjunct to stimulants for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder-related symptoms and appears to be a safer alternative to second- or third-generation antipsychotics.

Indexed as

Amantadineattention-deficit hyperactivity disorderchild and adolescent psychiatrymajor depressive disorderpsychotropic medications

Identifiers

PMID34456474
PMCPMC8366930
OpenAlexW3173000921

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