Administration of cilostazol, an antiplatelet, to patients with acute-stage cerebral infarction and its effects on plasma substance P level and latent time of swallowing reflex.

Conclusion: The LTSR values was significantly shortened within 180 days after the start of cilo treatment, but the result was not well explained by substance P levels as far as these were measured using the plasma, probably because this substance had diluted during blood circulation. However, it will become clinically usable as a single swallowing index, if in the future some ingeneus method of its measurement is developed. A larger-scale study would also be needed to confirm our conclusion from this pilot study.
PMID: 23470806 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Nippon Medical School - May 26, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Abe A, Nishiyama Y, Hagiwara H, Okubo S, Ueda M, Katsura K, Katayama Y Tags: J Nippon Med Sch Source Type: research