In patients with tardive dyskinesia or parkinsonism, extrapyramidal symptom severity decreased significantly after Cerebrolysin therapy.
In plain wordsIn patients with tardive dyskinesia or parkinsonism, movement symptom severity decreased after Cerebrolysin therapy.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- DecreaseExtrapyramidal symptom severity
- Study
n = 30
- Outcome group
- Overall treatment effect · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 5-10 ml every other day · intravenous · 28 daysAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Significant decrease of the severity of extrapyramidal symptoms (according to the Scales used) was observed by the end of the course of therapy.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Open study was performed concerning the efficiency of cerebrolysin in treatment of tardive dyskinesia and parkinsonism.
30 patients of middle (18-41 years) and old (60-82 years) age were examined by means of Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale and Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale.
Cerebrolysin was administered intravenously by drops every other day in a dose of 5-10 ml during 28 days.