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From: Judy Kuster
Date: 10/9/02
Time: 12:46:47 PM
Remote Name: 134.29.30.25
I am not a physician so I would suggest you also consult with a medical doctor on this question, but I did find some information on drugs and stuttering.
Most of the information I found was on attempts to treat stuttering with medication. There is a long list of research studies in Oliver Bloodstein's Handbook on Stuttering (p. 464ff). There is also a list in Vogel and Carter's The Effects of Drugs on Communication Disorders p. 139ff.
I was also able to find a bit of information about drugs that MAY have a side effect of producing stuttering. A review done in 1998 of the world's medical literature and published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found 22 cases of stuttering induced by drugs. Not all drugs that have stuttering as a potential side effect are listed here though.
In my personal searching I could find nothing about stuttering as a side effect of epinephrine. I hope someone else can respond more authoritatively to your interesting question.