Drug shows promise for Huntington's disease
A medication previously studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease (latrepirdine) appears well tolerated and may improve thinking, learning and memory skills among individuals with Huntington's disease, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."Huntington's disease is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, behavior and cognition and leads to death within 20 years of disease onset," the authors write as background information in the article.
Drug shows promise for Huntington's disease
An early stage clinical trial of the experimental drug dimebon (latrepirdine) in people with Huntington's disease appears to be safe and may improve cognition. That is the conclusion of a study ...
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Alzheimer's drug Dimebon helps Huntington's: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dimebon, a pill being developed for Alzheimer's disease, helped people with Huntington's disease improve their thinking, learning and memory skills, U.S. researchers said ...
Mon 8 Feb 10 from Reuters
Medication appears well-tolerated, beneficial in Huntington's disease patients
A medication previously studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease (latrepirdine) appears well tolerated and may improve thinking, learning and memory skills among individuals with Huntington's ...
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Huntington Drug Produces Slight Benefit (CME/CE)
An investigational drug that protects mitochondria in nerve cells helped restore some cognitive function in patients with Huntington's disease, researchers said.
Mon 8 Feb 10 from MedPageToday
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