Preventive Antipyretics, Antibiotics Not Needed in Stroke

"The results of PRECIOUS do not support preventive use of antiemetic, antipyretic, or antibiotic drugs in older patients with acute stroke," senior study author Bart van der Worp, MD, professor of acute neurology at University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands, concluded.

"This trial was all about prevention," trial co-investigator, Philip Bath, MD, professor of stroke medicine at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, commented to theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology.