Saturday, March 30, 2019

Does fluoxetine improve recovery after stroke?

I don't know, does it? I'm not paying for it, that is your stroke hospital responsibility. 

Does fluoxetine improve recovery after stroke?

BMJ 2019; 364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1029 (Published 25 March 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;364:l1029

  1. Rob Cook, clinical director1,  
  2. Vaughan Thomas, clinical adviser2,  
  3. Rosie Martin, clinical specialist1
  4. on behalf of NIHR Dissemination Centre
    Author affiliations
  1. Correspondence to R Cook rob.cook@bazian.com

The study

FOCUS Trial Collaboration. Effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke (FOCUS): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet 2019;393:256-74.
The study was funded by the UK Stroke Association and the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme project number 13/04/30.

Footnotes

  • Competing interestsThe BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none.
  • Contributors Anna Sayburn.
  • All authors contributed to the development and review of this summary, as part of the wider NIHR Signals editorial team (https://www.bmj.com/NIHR-signals). RC is guarantor.
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