Published on: 6/11/2024
What medications are primarily used to treat spinocerebellar degeneration? Are there any side effects?
While new treatments are being investigated in clinical trials, there is not yet a FDA-approved cure for spinocerebellar degeneration disease, also known as spinocerebellar ataxia. Rather, treatment is focused on symptom management with medications for things like muscle spasms and maintenance of mobilty with exercise, physical and occupational therapy.
Explanation
While new treatments are being investigated in clinical trials, there is not yet a FDA-approved cure for spinocerebellar degeneration disease, also known as spinocerebellar ataxia. Rather, treatment is focused on symptom management with medications for things like muscle spasms and maintenance of mobilty with exercise, physical and occupational therapy.
(References)
Ghanekar SD, Kuo SH, Staffetti JS, Zesiewicz TA. Current and emerging treatment modalities for spinocerebellar ataxias. Expert Rev Neurother. 2022 Feb;22(2):101-114. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2022.2029703. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35081319; PMCID: PMC9048095.
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