Researchers at the University of Groningen Royal Dutch to prozac drug used to treat depression may delay the onset of symptoms of MS.
The researchers conducted their study on a group of multiple sclerosis patients, half of them were subjected to a drug, Prozac, while the other half was given placebo has no effect, without informing them.
The study - published in the British Medical Journal and reported in the Dutch media recently - a survey of the brain every four weeks for the elements of the study, to identify the incidence of infections they have, what is one of indicators of disease progression.
After eight weeks showed that patients who took placebo had developed infections than those who attain drug Prozac.
At the end of the study, which lasted 24 weeks there have been no new infections
Two-thirds of those who ate drug Prozac, compared with 25% of those who took placebo.
It is noteworthy that more than one million people suffer from MS worldwide, developed a disease that affects the central nervous system and lead to the deterioration of the patient's condition gradually and consistently.
Different symptoms of the disease from infected to time in accordance with part of the injured central nervous system.
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