Neuropharmacology of Poststroke Motor and Speech Recovery.

This article summarizes the published literature for pharmacologic agents used for the enhancement of motor and speech recovery after stroke. Amphetamine, levodopa, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and piracetam were the most commonly used drugs. Pharmacologic augmentation of stroke motor and speech recovery seems promising but systematic, adequately powered, randomized, and double-blind clinical trials are needed. At this point, the use of these pharmacologic agents is not supported by class I evidence. PMID: 26522905 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Physica Medica - November 1, 2015 Category: Physics Authors: Keser Z, Francisco GE Tags: Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am Source Type: research