Clinical efficacy and safety of nicergoline combined with oxiracetam in the treatment of vascular cognitive impairment.

ABSTRACT

As a α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, nicergoline can induce vasodilation and increase arterial blood flow. Its clinical application can effectively prevent and treat cognitive impairment and reduce cognitive decline and comprehensively improve patients' daily living ability and social function. The clinical efficacy of nicergoline combined with oxiracetam in the treatment of vascular cognitive impairment after stroke was analyzed. 120 patients with cognitive impairment after stroke were randomly divided into nicergoline group and Experience group. They were treated with nicergoline and nicergoline combined with oxiracetam respectively. Both groups were treated for one month. Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA) was used to evaluate the cognitive function of the two groups before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacy was compared. The results showed that the average score of MoCA in the combined group was (5.97±2.06), higher than that in the nicergoline group (3.53±1.44). The change of MoCA score was the most significant. There was significant difference between the nicergoline group and the combined group (t=4.21, P<0.01). The combined group had the highest effective rate and the total effective rate was 93.3%. Conclusion: Nicergoline and oxiracetam are effective drugs in the treatment of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). The combined use of nicergoline and oxiracetam is better than that of nicergoline alone. The combined use of nicergoline and oxiracetam can significantly improve the severity of symptoms and quality of life in patients with vascular cognitive impairment after stroke. The clinical effect is definite.