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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1963) 109: 408-410. doi: 10.1192/bjp.109.460.408
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A Trial of Thioridazine in Mental Deficiency

J. N. BADHAM M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.M.1, L. M. BARDON M.B., Ch.B.2, P. O. REEVES M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.M.3, and A. M. YOUNG B.Sc., M.B., B.S.4

1 Senior Hospital Medical Officer, Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans
2 Junior Hospital Medical Officer, Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans
3 Senior Registrar, Royal Eastern Counties Hospital, Colchester
4 Registrar, Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans

Thioridazine is effective in controlling disorders of behaviour in a significant proportion of severely subnormal patients. The results of the trial suggest that it is particularly useful in subnormal children.

Effective adult dosage is of the order of 100 mg. t.d.s. In children, the dosage is variable between 25 mg. b.d. and 100 mg. q.d.s.

Side-effects are negligible and thioridazine may be combined with routine anti-convulsants in epileptic patients.




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