Triple-Drug Therapy Reduces Stroke Severity - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
BOSTON, April 24 - When ischemic strokes occur, patients who happen to be taking ACE inhibitors, antiplatelet agents, and statins may have reduced the severity.
In a record review of 210 patients who arrived at the hospital within 24 hours of stroke onset, those who had been on the triple therapy had lower National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores and smaller lesions on imaging than patients who were on either two of the three agents, antiplatelet therapy alone, or no therapy.
Patients on triple therapy were also more likely to have a shorter length of stay and better functional status on discharge.
Magdy Selim, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center here reported in the April 25 issue of Neurology.
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