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One of our colleagues highly recommended this review of current medication treatment practice in Germany: \citep{24888751}. These researchers examined psychotropic prescriptions issued in Germany between 2006-2011 for children and adolescents who had been diagnosed with a tic disorder. The mostly frequently prescribed medications were ADHD medications. Antipsychotics were the next most frequently prescribed, with second generation antipsychotics being more frequently prescribed in 2011 compared to 2006. Tic disorder patients with a TS diagnosis were the group most likely to receive psychotropic medication. There was only a slight increase in the number of prescriptions issued in 2011 compared to 2006. There was a relative increase in risperidone prescriptions from 2006 to 2011.  | **Title** | **Comment** |' |  |:----------|:------------|  |Is medication a tic trigger? \cite{26299294} | A meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 2,385 children found no causal relationship between stimulants and tic onset, but did demonstrate the high rate of new onset or worsening tics associated with ADHD itself (5.7% in the psychostimulant groups and 6.5% in the placebo groups). |   | [Vigabatrin RCT](http://ir.catalystpharma.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=919254) | Four patients with treatment-refractory TS were studied in this early report of results using medication from the GABA-aminotransferase inhibitor class. One patient had a clinically significant reduction in tics while two others had tic reduction of approximately 25% but did not report subjective clinical improvement. |