The influence of drugs on peripheral nerve regeneration

Abstract

Currently, there are no established adjuvant drugs for the acceleration of peripheral nerve regeneration. In this paper, we reviewed the literature from the last 10 years and described the drugs proved to accelerate the functional and histological regeneration of the peripheral nerves, either after trauma or in neuropathy experimental models. The vast majority of the studies were experimental with very few small clinical studies, which indicates the need for prospective randomized studies to identify the best drugs to use as adjuvants for nerve regeneration.

Keywords:

• Drugs
• nerve
• regeneration
• peripheral nerves
• remyelination

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

Table 2. The most researched drugs in peripheral nerve regeneration.