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From: Ken St. Louis
Date: 13 Oct 2009
Time: 12:36:53 -0500
Remote Name: 157.182.15.121
Dear Judy, I was hoping someone more knowledgeable than me would reply to your questions about medications and stuttering. There are a number of good sources of information available, but I will share a couple of thoughts. First, although numerous drugs have been used to alleviate stuttering symptoms (including anxiety), the side effects of most of them were worse than the benefits achieved, if any. That being said, there are a few drugs that have shown promise in recent years. One that is currently undergoing a large clinical trial is Pagaclone. As I understand it, it makes stuttering less of a problem both physically and experientially, and the side effects are less pronounced than many of the earlier drugs that have been tried. Second, I have had at least one youngster who was learning disabled and on Ritalin or a related drug, and that seemed to make his stuttering worse. Maybe someone else can give you more information. Ken