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[The efficacy of ethylmethylhydroxypyridine in the rehabilitation treatment of poststroke patients].

M V ZhuravlevaA B ProkofievV V ArkhipovS Yu SerebrovaG I GorodetskayO A Demidova
Published in: Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (2020)
The analysis of the clinical efficacy and safety of ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate (mexidol) in the complex of rehabilitation measures in patients after ischemic stroke (IS) shows that course treatment with mexidol improves the recovery of neurological functions, decreases neurological deficit, cognitive disorders, including memory impairment, and manifestations of asthenic syndrome, increases the level of social adaptation and improves the psycho-emotional state of patients, reduces spasticity, increases motor and speech activity, praxis, reliably eliminates the ignoring syndrome. There is a decrease in the level of total cholesterol and low-density b-lipoproteins in the blood, and decrease in the severity of hypercoagulation. The results of the studies have convincingly shown the efficacy of mexidol at all stages of rehabilitation treatment of patients with IS.
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