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What meds help with aggression in huntingtons disease patients?
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Anticonvulsants: Anticonvusants are effective in treating aggression in a variety of disorders, including irritable mania, epilepsy, dementia and in individuals who have experienced head trauma. Because huntingtons is a neurodegenerative disorder, there is extremely abnormal brain electrical activity. Valproate or Carbamazepine may be effective if there are no other contraindications.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Difficult to treat: The aggression in huntington disease can be very difficult to treat, unfortunately. The most commonly used agents for this are the antipsychotic agents such as Risperidone or quetiapine.
Answered 7/1/2014
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