The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1347
September 20, 2010
Dalfampridine (Ampyra) for MS
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Dalfampridine (Ampyra) for MS
September 20, 2010 (Issue: 1347)
The FDA has approved the use of dalfampridine (4-aminopyridine; Ampyra – Acorda), a potassium
channel blocker, to improve walking speed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Walking speed is considered
a reliable clinical measure of...more
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