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==Autism==
==Autism==


===[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6394231/ An Exploratory Trial of Transdermal Nicotine for Aggression and Irritability in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder]===
===2018 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6394231/ An Exploratory Trial of Transdermal Nicotine for Aggression and Irritability in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder]===
*Taken together, our study provides evidence for the feasibility and tolerability of [[Abbreviations|'''transdermal nicotine (TN/TNP)''']] in a small sample of adults with severe [[Abbreviations|'''Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)''']] symptoms and pathological chronic aggression and irritability.  
*Taken together, our study provides evidence for the feasibility and tolerability of [[Abbreviations|'''transdermal nicotine (TN/TNP)''']] in a small sample of adults with severe [[Abbreviations|'''Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)''']] symptoms and pathological chronic aggression and irritability.  
*Our results also suggest that TN may have a beneficial effect on aggression, irritability, and sleep in ASD, though the sample size of this study is too small to make definitive conclusions.  
*Our results also suggest that TN may have a beneficial effect on aggression, irritability, and sleep in ASD, though the sample size of this study is too small to make definitive conclusions.