Both antihistamines and alcohol can slow down activity in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). If you mix alcohol and antihistamines, you may feel more drowsy, lightheaded, and have ...

Demyelinating diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, present a substantial and escalating burden. Each of these conditions afflicts approximately three ...

What’s on the horizon for people with multiple sclerosis? Dedicated doctors, scientists, and volunteers are working today to answer that question and find tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Several ...

Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system Early results from a clinical trial suggest that a common diabetes drug taken with an ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Doctors in Cambridge believe they are “on the brink of a new class of treatments” for multiple sclerosis (MS) after a trial in patients suggested nerve damage may be repaired. The treatment involves ...

New MS treatments target myelin repair, neuroprotection, and CNS-resident immune cells, offering hope for progressive forms of the disease. Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis) like tolebrutinib ...

The mutagenic potential of clemastine fumarate has not been determined. There was no evidence of carcinogenesis in rats receiving clemastine fumarate at an oral dosage of 84 mg/kg (about 500 times the ...

Clemastine fumarate, an antihistamine, boosted disease progression by more than five times in adults with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), according to data from a Phase 1/2 trial. “Likely nobody ...

People with Williams Syndrome treat strangers as their new best friends. Now the condition is giving clues to our evolutionary past – and what makes us human. Imagine walking down the street and ...