Showing posts with label MSA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MSA. Show all posts

Monday, August 27, 2018

Excessive Drooling ? New Treatment Approved by FDA

  Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxinA) for the treatment of chronic sialorrhea in adults (ages 20-80) such as that seen in Parkinson's disease. Also those adults with cerebral palsy, MSA, PSP.
  100 units is injected into 4 sites in submandibular glands bilaterally.
  NB! Exclusionary criteria: patients on coumadin, + history of Myesthenia Gravis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, ongoing substance abuse, cognitive impairment < 23/30 on Mini Mental Status exam.
  I use atropine opthalmic drops under the tongue with great success in select patients in my practice.
ClinicalTrials.gov ID : NCTO1653132

Friday, June 15, 2012

Parkininson's Treatment Breakthrough

Ucla--Synucleinopathies:PD,DLB,MSA
CLR01....a C-shaped complex molecular compound that wrap around the chains of lysine of alpha-Synuclein aggregates removing them. A process-specific mechanism employing transgenic zebra fish model of PD ( A tropical freshwater fish )