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Safety profile of Cerebrolysin: clinical experience from dementia and stroke trials
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This review summarizes safety data for Cerebrolysin drawn from years of clinical use, postmarketing surveillance studies, and randomized controlled trials in dementia and stroke. It reports that adverse reactions were generally mild and transient, with the most common events being vertigo, agitation, and feeling hot, and that the incidence of adverse events was similar between Cerebrolysin- and placebo-treated groups in the controlled trials analyzed. The authors state Cerebrolysin appeared compatible with combination use alongside recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator or the cholinesterase inhibitors donepezil or rivastigmine, and report it was not associated with major changes in vital signs or laboratory parameters.
Abstract
The safety of Cerebrolysin has been shown through many years of clinical use, observations from postmarketing surveillance studies, and safety data from randomized, controlled clinical trials. The reported events showed that adverse reactions to Cerebrolysin were generally mild and transient. Most common adverse events included vertigo, agitation and feeling hot. In the controlled clinical trials analyzed for this report, the incidence of adverse events was similar in Cerebrolysin- and placebo-treated groups. Cerebrolysin seems to be safe when used in combination with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator or cholinesterase inhibitors such as donepezil or rivastigmine. To our knowledge, Cerebrolysin was not associated with major changes in vital signs or laboratory parameters.
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