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What medicine is available to calm my aggressive autistic daughter?
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Autistic: Depends on results of evaluation by her doctor. Here we use risperdal, among others, which has calming effect on youngsters. Please review with her doctor.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Autism and Behavior: There are medicines approved for this, but they must be prescribed by your daughter's doctor or a child psychiatrist. However, medicines do not take the place of aggressive behavioral interventions--which your daughter's therapists should teach to you.
Answered 11/28/2017
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The FDA has now : Approved Risperdal to treat behaviors like aggression, temper tantrums, irritability & self- inflicted injuries in autistic children & adolescents. Abilify (aripiprazole) has also been shown in studies to be beneficial for this purpose and can be used off-label.
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