A Comparison of Treatment of Tic Disorder with Risperidone and Haloperidol

ObjectiveTo explore the efficacy and safety of risperidone and haloperidol in treating Tic disorder.Methods78 patients with Tic disorder were randomly divided into the risperidone group and haloperidol group with 39 cases in each group and treated with risperidone and haloperidol respectively for 8 weeks. All patients of two groups were assessed with the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI) and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale (TESS) before treatment and at the end of the 2nd, 4th and 8th week after treatment. Dosages of patients of two groups were recorded.ResultsAfter 8 weeks treatment, the average maximum dosage of risperidone was (1.4±0.34)mg, and that of haloperidol was (7.3±0.52)mg. The total effective rate of risperidone group was 82% and that of haloperidol group was 82.3 %. There was no significant difference between two groups ( P0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions in risperidone group was 28.2%, and that in haloperidol group was 76.9%. There was a significant difference between two groups ( P0.01), especially at the end of 2nd week after treatment.ConclusionRisperidone and haloperidol both are effect on Tic disorder, but safety and compliableness of risperidone are higher.