Elia Abi-Jaoude, Lei Chen, Patrina Cheung, Tracy Bhikram, Paul Sandor
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Abstract
The authors retrospectively evaluated effectiveness and tolerability of cannabis in 19 adults with Tourette syndrome. Tics scores decreased by 60%, and 18 of the 19 participants were at least "much improved." Cannabis was generally well tolerated, although most participants reported side effects.