Minocycline and strokes.(Shorts) From: Townsend Letter | Date: February 1, 2008| Author: Klotter, Jule | COPYRIGHT 2008 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Minocycline, an antibiotic and antiprotozoal, appears to protect against stroke damage in humans, according to an Israeli study published in Neurology (October 2, 2007). The antibiotic produced significant neuroprotective effects in earlier studies involving animal models of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyltrophic lateral sclerosis, and stroke. To see if minocycline has a similar effect in humans, the Israeli research team performed a randomized, ...