The effectiveness of Mexidol with transient ischemic attacks in the vertebral-baslar system in elderly patients with chronic brain ischemia

Author:
Yu.V. Abramenko

FSBEI in the Tver State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Tver, Russia

Place of publication:
a journal of neurology and psychiatry, 9, 2018; Ext. 2

Summary:
Purpose of the study. To study the clinical efficiency, metabolic and membraneproprothetic effects of Mexidol with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) in the vertebral-baslar system (VBS) in elderly patients with chronic brain ischemia (HIGM). Material and methods. 53 patients aged 60 to 74 years with the first episode of TIA in the WBS against the background of HIGM were examined. The main group included 33 patients who received Mexidol in addition to standard therapy (500 mg for 10 days). The comparison group consisted of 20 patients who received only standard therapy. They studied the dynamics of clinical manifestations of TIA, indicators of the state of oxidant and antioxidant systems, as well as the percentage absorption of lipid phospholipid blood serum complexes in the infrared spectrum. The control group amounted to 20 practically healthy patients. Results and conclusion. The use of Mexidol is associated with faster regression of focal neurological deficiency. The drug reliably reduced the intensity of lipid peroxidation and had a positive effect on the level of phospholipids of neuronal membranes. The identified metabolic and membraneproprothetic effects of Mexidol, as well as the positive effect of the drug on the regression of the focal neurological deficiency substantiate its inclusion in the complex therapy of the TIA in the WBS against the background of HIGM, especially in elderly patients. Key words: transient ischemic attack, vertebral-baslar system, chronic brain ischemia, mexidol, lipid oxidation, phospholipids.

Actual

Actual

Information is intended for medical and pharmaceutical workers. This information cannot serve as a replacement for a doctor’s consultation.

Source of photos and images Shutterstock.com