riluzole

One is a pill called riluzole, which seems to be less potent than ketamine.

News 2012

Only one drug - Rilutek (also known as riluzole) - is licensed for the disease and typically extends survival by just three to six months.

Home | Mail Online 2009

The only current treatment option for ALS is a medication called riluzole, which functions as a neuroprotectant meaning it delays the degenerative process.

Brain Blogger 2009

Only one drug - Rilutek (also known as riluzole) - is licensed for the disease and typically extends survival by just three to six months.

Home | Mail Online 2009

The only current treatment option for ALS is a medication called riluzole, which functions as a neuroprotectant meaning it delays the degenerative process.

Brain Blogger 2009

The only current treatment option for ALS is a medication called riluzole, which functions as a neuroprotectant meaning it delays the degenerative process.

Brain Blogger 2009

There was only one FDA-approved drug specifically for ALS: riluzole, a glutamate blocker that can extend the life of an ALS sufferer by sixty to ninety days, though even those modest figures are in some doubt.

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The goal of the NIH experiments with ketamine, riluzole and scopolamine is to identify compounds that pharmaceutical companies can use as molecular models to develop an entirely new class of antidepressants, Furey says.

News 2012

And riluzole, the only A.L.S. drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration, costs about $10,000 a year and typically extends life by just a few months.

NYT > Home Page By BINA VENKATARAMAN 2011

Results of statistical analyses are presented in Figure 4: Meta-analysis of anti-CD40L treatment compared with riluzole, apocynin and historical controls.

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