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Research shows Common diabetes drugs could be used as novel way to lower Brain Pressure.....

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Research led by the University of Birmingham, published today( 23 August 2017),in Science Translational Medicine, has discovered that a drug commonly used to treat patients with either obesity or Type II diabetes could be used as a novel new way to lower brain pressure.

Raised brain pressure is common in emergency situations such as traumatic brain injury, hydrocephalus and stroke, and is also the cardinal feature of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH). IHH causes disabling daily headaches and severely raised pressure around the nerves in the eye. It also causes permanent vision loss in 25% of untreated people.

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Why is it a Novel way? I don't understand why you used that terminology...?

My partner has suffered with IIH for about 7/8 years now so very interested to know more

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Richo7

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@Richo7... the word ' novel' was part of text I had read.. hence I used it... nothing specific...

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