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Improve Muscle Function?

Post-Polio Health, Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2014
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Frederick M. Maynard, MD

Cortisone? Surgery?

Post-Polio Health, Volume 29, Number 2, Spring 2013
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Frederick M. Maynard, MD

Question: Several years ago my right ankle muscles gave out after a cortisone shot. I wear a brace to steady this leg. Now, after two bad falls, my left hip will need replacement. My current orthopedic physician wanted to give me a cortisone shot, and I refused, recalling the reaction from my ankle.

Need More Meds? No

Post-Polio Health, Volume 27, Number 3, Summer 2011
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Frederick M. Maynard, MD

Question: My father-in-law is 88 years old and has post-polio syndrome. He has had trouble sleeping for the past several years, and he claims that it “takes more medication for people with post-polio syndrome.” My wife is his caregiver and controls his medications so he will not overdose. What is your professional opinion?

Frightened of Cortisone and Surgery

Post-Polio Health, Volume 29, Number 2, Spring 2013
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Frederick M. Maynard, MD

Benefits of Antidepressants for Pain

Post-Polio Health, Volume 26, Number 2, Spring 2010
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Frederick M. Maynard, MD

Question: Has there ever been a study of whether antidepressants help relieve muscular pain and fatigue? Is it a plausible treatment for people who have had polio?

Persisting Noninfectious Genome Fragments of Poliovirus in PPS Patients

In 2009, PHI awarded $25,000 to team from University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, led by Antonio Toniolo, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Microbiology and Virology.

Final Report
Antonio Toniolo, MD; Andreina Baj, MD; Giuseppe Maccari, MS - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria Medical Center, Varese, Italy

Role of Oral Glutathione (2013)

PHI awarded $25,000 each to two research groups in 2011. This is the report from the University of Michigan.

Claire Z. Kalpakjian, PhD, MS, University of Michigan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Summary of Poliovirus Genome in Patients with Post-Polio Syndrome

Joan L. Headley, Executive Director, PHI

In late 2013, Post-Polio Health International awarded $100,000 to the team of Antonio Toniolo, MD; Andreina Baj, MD; Martina Colombo, PhD – Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria Medical Center, Varese, Italy, to expand its search for poliovirus genome in various populations.

Multicenter, Multi-country Study Underway (2015)

Joan L. Headley, Executive Director, Post-Polio Health International

Typical of most studies, the name of the most recently announced study related to post-polio syndrome is long but exactingly descriptive: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Parallel-Group Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) Flebogamma® 5% DIF in Patients with Post-Polio Syndrome.

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