Minocycline, a semisynthetic second generation derivative of tetracycline, was shown to have a clear beneficial neuroprotective effect in animal models of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Animal models provide promising evidence of minocycline's ability to improve outcomes in an animal stroke model.~In light of these findings, we will perform a double blind controlled study to investigate the efficacy of oral administration of 200 mg minocycline, on the neurological and functional outcome after acute hemorrhagic stroke and the effect on blood brain barrier permeability.
The investigators will perform a double blind controlled study to investigate the efficacy of oral administration of 200 mg minocycline, on the neurological and functional outcome after acute hemorrhagic stroke and the effect on blood brain barrier permeability.