title: [The experience of the use of cerepro in the treatment of out-patients in the early period of rehabilitation of is ischemic stroke.].
abstract: Cerepro, a central cholinomimetic drug, was administered to 60 patients after ischemic stroke in region of cerebral arteries. Patients were divided into 2 equal groups matched for demographic and clinical characteristics. In the first group, cerepro was prescribed in dosage 1000 mg in 200 ml of physiological solution intravenously, in drops, daily during 10 days with the following intake of the drug in capsules - 1200 mg daily during 6 weeks. The second group was treated with cerepro used in capsules of 1200 mg daily during 8 weeks. A neurological study was conducted using a battery of psychometric scales and neuropsychological tests, along with global assessment of drug efficacy and tolerability by the corresponding indices. A therapeutic effect was observed in all patients, i.e. an excellent effect in 11,7%; a good one in 65% and moderate in 23,3%, no between-groups differences being observed. The drug exerted a positive effect on all characteristics of patient's state, decreasing an extent of intensity of paresis and coordination disturbances, improving cognitive function and mood, reducing the intensity of asthenic signs and increasing general activity, mobility and ability to self-service in patients. The drug was well tolerable.
authors.affiliation: Poliklinika vosstanovitel'nogo lecheniia #7, kafedra nevrologii i neĭrokhirurgii Rossiĭskogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta, Moskva; kafedra nevrologii Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo mediko-stomatologicheskogo universiteta.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Boĭko
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Batysheva
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Bagir'
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kostenko
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Matvievskaia
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010045:Outpatients; D011594:Psychometrics; D020521:Stroke; D016896:Treatment Outcome