Breakthrough Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries Is Good

For many years there have been a countless number of medical specialists and scientists working on a continuous basis on a wide variety of research and study projects in hopes of discovering effective breakthrough treatment of traumatic brain injuries. This is because every single day there are more and more men, women, and children that unexpectedly fall victim to the wide range of symptoms that are associated with this tragic type of injury. Unfortunately at this time there is no type of pharmaceutical therapy available to these victims.

While automobile accidents are the most common types of accidents that often result in a traumatic brain injury, there are several other accidents that can result in a TBI as well. To list a few of these would include pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents, work-related accidents, and even slips and falls. The development of a drug therapy by a researcher of Emory University may very well be the first of its kind and an effective breakthrough treatment of traumatic brain injuries.

A national clinical trial is being led by Grady Memorial Hospital, which will test the beneficial advantages of a drug therapy using progesterone and its effectiveness. It is expected that this hormone will stop or at least lower many of the issues that often occur within the brain after a person has suffered from a traumatic brain injury.
Progesterone has already shown in laboratory studies to be crucial for the protection it provides to brain tissue that has been damaged, and it is also needed for neuron development.

In the beginning stages of trials, the use of progesterone drug therapy proved to decrease deaths that were related to traumatic brain injuries by as much as 50%. After only using the drug therapy for one full month, an improvement in sensory, cognitive, and motor skills was present. Another benefit of this breakthrough treatment of traumatic brain injuries is the disability factor also decreased in victims that suffered from moderate levels of TBI.

This is just one of many different studies and research projects that are currently underway. It is strongly hoped that in the near future they will be available to provide benefits to the many victims that suffer the life altering effects of this tragic type of injury.