Institute of Neurological Recovery Blog

Rapid Improvement in Gait 8 years after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury at the INR, March 2017

Traumatic Brain Injury 8 years prior, gait improvement after treatment at the INR in Boca Raton in March 2017.

Disclaimer: Individual results vary, not all patients respond. Additional doses may be necessary to maintain the clinical response. Treatment for these indications is innovative (“off-label”). Please see the Terms of Use. The method of off-label treatment utilized is a patented invention of the INR. Copyright 2017 INR PLLC, all rights reserved.

Scientific literature provides support for the scientific rationale. See:

• Edward Tobinick, Rodriguez-Romanacce H, Kinssies R, Kim N. PSE FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. Chapter 7 In: Heidenreich KA, editor. New Therapeutics for Traumatic Brain Injury. Cambridge, Mass.: Academic Press; 2017. p. 109-29. LINK. (first published October 2016).
• Bergold Peter J. Treatment of traumatic brain injury with anti-inflammatory drugs. Experimental Neurology 275 (Pt 3) (2016) 367-380. FULL-TEXT.

Rapid Improvement in Post-Stroke Pain 2 Years After Stroke, February 2017

After treatment at the INR in Boca Raton in February 2017.

Disclaimer: Individual results vary, not all patients respond. Additional doses may be necessary to maintain the clinical response. Treatment for these indications is innovative (“off-label”). Please see the Terms of Use. The method of off-label treatment utilized is a patented invention of the INR. Copyright 2018 INR PLLC, all rights reserved.

Rapid Relief of Intractable Post-Stroke Shoulder Pain 8 Years After Intracerebral Hemorrhage, February 2017

Disclaimer: Individual results vary, not all patients respond. Additional doses may be necessary to maintain the clinical response. Treatment for these indications is innovative (“off-label”). Please see the Terms of Use. The method of off-label treatment utilized is a patented invention of the INR. Copyright 2018 INR PLLC, all rights reserved.

Perispinal Etanercept for Traumatic Brain Injury

“Perispinal Etanercept for Traumatic Brain Injury” is Chapter 7 of the medical textbook New Therapeutics for Traumatic Brain Injury. See the abstract and links below:

“Abstract
Brain dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may involve a persistent neuroinflammatory response that can last for years following acute brain insult. This neuroinflammatory response may include microglial activation and persistence of excess levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in the brain, resulting in perturbation of brain function. TNF, in addition to its role as the master regulator of the inflammatory response, is a key regulator of synaptic function in the brain. Experimental data suggest that etanercept, a selective TNF inhibitor, may ameliorate microglial activation; modulate the adverse synaptic effects of excess TNF; and favorably intervene in basic science models of TBI, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and Alzheimer’s disease. Perispinal administration is a therapeutic method designed to use the cerebrospinal venous system to enhance selective delivery of etanercept across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier. Increasing clinical data suggests that perispinal etanercept (PSE) has therapeutic utility for treatment of selected brain disorders associated with elevated TNF, including chronic neurological dysfunction following stroke and various forms of brain injury. PSE is an emerging treatment modality for TBI.”

• Edward Tobinick, Rodriguez-Romanacce H, Kinssies R, Kim N. PSE FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. Chapter 7 In: Heidenreich KA, editor. New Therapeutics for Traumatic Brain Injury. Cambridge, Mass.: Academic Press; 2017. p. 109-29. LINK. (first published October 2016).

Many Improvements after Treatment at the INR 4 years after Stroke, January 2017

Family from Texas visits the INR in Boca Raton, Florida, on January 10, 2017, four and a half years after stroke.

Disclaimer: Individual results vary, not all patients respond. Additional doses may be necessary to maintain the clinical response. Treatment for these indications is innovative (“off-label”). Please see the Terms of Use. The method of off-label treatment utilized is a patented invention of the INR. Copyright 2018 INR PLLC, all rights reserved.