In patients with post-stroke epilepsy, adding cortexin enhanced clinical effects reflected by EEG changes versus basic therapy alone.
In plain wordsIn patients with post-stroke epilepsy, adding cortexin improved clinical effects reflected by EEG changes versus basic therapy alone.
- Outcome
- IncreaseClinical response reflected by EEG changes
- Study
n = 46
- Comparator
- basic therapy alone
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 10 mg · intramuscular · 15 daysAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The addition of cortexin to the complex treatment significantly enhanced clinical effects reflected by positive changes on EEG.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Forty-six patients with post stroke epilepsy were examined.
The basic treatment included depakine-chrono in the mean dosage of 750 mg per day, along with vascular drugs, Cortexin was used as an add-on therapy in 29 patients intramuscular in the dosage of 10 mg during 15 days.
Other 17 patients received only basic therapy.