USE OF NEFIRACETAM FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT FOR IMPROVING THE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADL) IN POST-STROKE PATIENTS

摘要

N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-(2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)acetamide is used for the preparation of medicaments, particularly of pharmaceutical compositions containing it as an active ingredient, for the treatment of neurodegeneration, in particular in post-stroke human patients. The early administration of nefiracetam in said pharmaceutical compositions after a stroke allows an improvement of the Activities of Daily Living and the recovery, or at least in improvement in the recovery of, the post-stroke patients.