Dystonic Symptoms in Children

Abstract

Eight patients with dystonia, four with hereditary torsion dystonia and four with acquired dystonia, were treated with carbamazepine in doses ranging from 300 to 1,200 mg/day. Drowsiness was the only side effect and periodic blood cell counts remained normal. All have shown sustained improvement of some manifestations of their illness for periods up to one year. (JAMA229:1755-1757, 1974)