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Immediate improvement in central pain, cutaneous hypersensitivity, walking, spasticity and balance following a single dose of perispinal etanercept. Treatment by
Immediate improvement in chronic central post-stroke pain, chronic post-stroke skin hypersensitivity, walking and right hand function following a single dose
Video accompanying the publication, Tobinick E. Immediate Resolution of Hemispatial Neglect and Central Post-Stroke Pain After Perispinal Etanercept: Case Report.
Improvement in chronic intractable post-stroke sensory dysfunction in a 24 y.o. Danish woman, 5 years after stroke, within minutes after
Perispinal etanercept is a method of targeting detrimental neuroinflammation using etanercept, a special anti-inflammatory drug, delivered utilizing a novel, non-invasive injection method.
Perispinal etanercept is NOT experimental. Perispinal etanercept has been used to treat more than 5,000 chronic stroke patients since 2010 at the Institute of Neurological Recovery.
No, it is not too late. Neuroinflammation can last for years, or even decades, after brain injury. Life-changing neurological improvements following perispinal etanercept treatment performed weeks, months, years, or even decades after stroke or brain injury are not uncommon.
Referrals are not required. The Institute of Neurological Recovery has received, and welcomes, referrals from neurologists, speech pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, primary care physicians, online stroke groups, and, of course, patients and their family members.