Ask you doctor exactly what the growth-promoting drugs are so you can determine how YOU want to handle this. Your doctor will do nothing because this is currently not standard of care. The hell with my doctor, if this is a standard drug already approved for human use and minimal side effects, I will have a screaming match with my doctor. It's my brain I'm trying to save and I don't think my doctor has any damn clue on how to do that.
http://www.ptproductsonline.com/2014/06/proper-rehabilitation-sequence-enables-paralyzed-rats-regain-grip/
Researchers from the University of
Zurich, ETH Zurich and the University of Heidelberg demonstrated with an
experiment on rats that a course of therapy that combines the stimulation of
nerve fiber growth with drugs and motor training could improve motor skills.
According to a University of Zurich news release, the research team found that
the key is the correct sequence: paralyzed animals can only make a complete
recovery if the training is delayed until after the growth-promoting drugs have
been administered. The timing, dosage, and type of rehabilitation must be
correct for motor functions to make an almost full recovery after a stroke.
The study was conducted by an
interdisciplinary team headed by Professor Martin Schwab from the Brain
Research Institute at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich’s Neuroscience
Center. The results of the study showed that the rats paralyzed down one side
by a stroke almost managed to regain their motor functions fully if they were
given the ideal combination of rehabilitative training and substances that
boosted the growth of nerve fibers.
The animals with stroke whose front
legs were paralyzed underwent physical training—specifically, gripping food
pellets. All of the rats in the study received antibody treatment first to
boost nerve-fiber growth and motor training. The results revealed that for
those who began later training , they regained 85% of their original motor
skills. For the rats trained straight after stroke in parallel with the
antibodies, physical performance in the grip test remained very low at 15%.
The University of Zurich news
release indicates that anatomical studies have confirmed the importance of the
right rehabilitation schedule: depending on the therapeutic design, different
patterns of new nerve fibers that sprouted into the cervical spinal cord from
the healthy part of the brain and thus aid functional recovery to varying
degrees were apparent.
Study head Martin Schwab states,
“Our study reveals how important a meticulous therapeutic design is for the
most successful rehabilitation possible. The brain has enormous potential for
the reorganization and reestablishment of its functions. With the right
therapies at the right time, this can be increased in a targeted fashion.”
First author of the study
Anna-Sophia Wahl says, “This new rehabilitative approach at least triggered an
astonishing recovery of the motor skills in rats, which may become important
for the treatment of stroke patients in the future.”
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