Autism: Fluoxetine Not Effective In Reducing Repetitive Behaviors, Study Shows

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Autism: Fluoxetine Not Effective In Reducing Repetitive Behaviors, Study Shows

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Autism Speaks reported initial results for the first industry-sponsored Autism Clinical Trials Network study, the Study of Fluoxetine in Autism which showed that fluoxetine was not effective for reducing repetitive behaviors in children and adolescents with autistic disorder as compared to placebo. The study of 158 patients (ages 5 -- 17) was carried out in 19 CTN sites.

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Tags: Antidepressant, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Disease and Condition, Clinical Trial, Children's Health, Namenda, Prozac

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Most Recently Shared on February 19, 2009 at 2:45 pm By:

MichaelLaraMD Michael Lara, MD

Prozac for autism? New study shows that it does NOT work. I've had good success with Namenda for my patients. http://bit.ly/NDBzA

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