The therapeutic role of minocycline in Parkinson’s disease
This review summarizes the preclinical and clinical findings suggesting the neuroprotective role of minocycline in Parkinson’s disease.
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Tardive dyskinesia in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics: case series and brief review of etiologic and treatment considerations
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) can be a disfiguring side-effect of antipsychotic medications. In this article the authors review the risk of TD, the potential etiologic mechanisms and present some interesting cases of patients taking atypical antipsychotics who developed TD.
Managing insomnia: an overview of insomnia and pharmacologic treatment strategies in use and on the horizon
In this article, the authors explore basic sleep physiology, the mechanism of action for each class of hypnotic drugs and their clinical application. The potential pharmacologic sleep-inducing mechanisms of future hypnotics are also described and discussed.
Pharmacological treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: functional outcomes in children and adolescents from non-Western countries
This prospective, observational, non-interventional study conducted in six non-Western countries concludes that after 12 months of treatment, clinical and functional outcomes were improved in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who initiated and remained on their prescribed pharmacological monotherapy.
