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is there a medication to treat dyslexia


Posted by christine64

 
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Dyslexia is not a sickness or disease, therefore, it can not be treated with medication.  Dyslexia is a learning disability.  A more formal definition, as given by the

People who don't know anything shouldn't post.  Alcoholism is considered a disease, as well as many other psychological or social disorders.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease  I assume that the previous person is defining disease as having something to do with pathogens, which is not true.  Dyslexia is a neural disorder, and although medication is not the common treatment, there is some indication that piracetam may be affective, not that I am suggesting it.  The point is that the person who posted the previous post is just making stuff up.
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