Minocycline may rule out stroke-related disabilities

Stroke may occur at any time and most of the time it goes undetected around the time within which something could have been done. The patients who suffered a stroke always showed disabilities in speech and movement of limbs and other parts, facial palsy, and lowered vision.
Present medical facilities show that treatment applied within three hours of the attack helps patients to bounce back to normalcy. As stroke is mostly unidentified in the initial stage and by the time the patient reaches the hospital it is usually too late. Placebo is commonly offered to such patients, but it is found recently that minocycline performs better than placebo and if applied within six to twenty-four hrs from the time of attack showed little or no signs of disability.
Besides, minocycline has showed no side effects in the patients. Minocycline is found to be effective because it is able is protect the brain cells from destruction. The scientists are yet to find the right dose for the patients.
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