ArticleCommunications medicine2024
Impact of commonly administered drugs on the progression of spinal cord injury: a systematic review.
Article in Communications medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tissue engineering for traumatic spinal cord injury: Research advances and clinical translation.Bioactive materials · 2026Review
- Cross-Species Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies an Endocannabinoid-Associated Immune Remodeling Signature and Candidate Pharmacologic Targets in Spinal Cord Injury.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Monoammonium glycyrrhizinate ameliorates mitochondrial dysfunction-mediated oxidative stress and neuroinflammation via the NRF2/NQO1 axis after spinal cord injury.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2025Article
- Enhancing Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury Through Neuroplasticity: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Synthesis and Evaluation of the Effects of Nanoparticles of Atorvastatin and Atorvastatin on Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination: Modulation of the Nrf2/NF-kB Signaling Pathway.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPRArticle
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundComplications arising from acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) are routinely managed by various pharmacological interventions. Despite decades of clinical application, the potential impact on neurological recovery has been largely overlooked. This study aims to highlight commonly administered drugs with potential disease-modifying effects.
methodsThis systematic literature review included studies referenced in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science from inception to March 31st, 2021, which assess disease-modifying properties on neurological and/or functional recovery of drugs routinely administered following spinal cord injury. Drug effects were classified as positive, negative, mixed, no effect, or not (statistically) reported. Risk of bias was assessed separately for animal, randomized clinical trials, and observational human studies.
resultsWe analyzed 394 studies conducting 486 experiments that evaluated 144 unique or combinations of drugs. 195 of the 464 experiments conducted on animals (42%) and one study in humans demonstrate positive disease-modifying properties on neurological and/or functional outcomes. Methylprednisolone, melatonin, estradiol, and atorvastatin are the most common drugs associated with positive effects. Two studies on morphine and ethanol report negative effects on recovery.
conclusionDespite a large heterogeneity observed in study protocols, research from bed to bench and back to bedside provides an alternative approach to identify new candidate drugs in the context of SCI. Future research in human populations is warranted to determine if introducing drugs like melatonin, estradiol, or atorvastatin would contribute to enhancing neurological outcomes after acute SCI.
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