In patients with psychotropic drug side effects, Cerebrolysin and magnesium-B6 showed equally high efficacy against hyperkinetic symptoms.
In plain wordsIn patients with psychotropic drug side effects, Cerebrolysin and magnesium-B6 similarly relieved excessive movement symptoms.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedHyperkinetic side effect relief
- Study
n = 51
- Comparator
- Magnesium-B6
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 5-10 ml · i.v./dr · 28 daysAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Symptom relief
- 59 to 62%
- both drugs
Source sentences
Both drugs showed equally high efficacy against hyperkinetic and cardiovascular side effects (symptoms relief was in 59-62% and 65-69%, respectively).
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Schizophrenia was diagnosed in 31 patients and endogenous depression in 20 cases.
All the patients had extrapyramidal and somato-vegetative side effects of neuroleptics and antidepressive drugs, and were resistant to conventional corrective therapy for at least a period of 3 weeks.
In addition to current treatment of both basic disease and adverse effects, cerebrolysin was administered (5-10 ml i.v./dr, during 28 days) and magme B6 (20-30 ml per os during 21 days).
51 patients were observed.