RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Can drugs help patients with strokes? JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO Drug Ther Bull FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 49 OP 52 DO 10.1136/dtb.9.13.49 VO 9 IS 13 YR 1971 UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/13/49.abstract AB Strokes are the result of cerebral infarction or cerebral haemorrhage. Transient ischaemic attacks (TIA), sometimes called ‘little strokes’, are short alterations of brain function not due to epilepsy, recovering within 24 hours1 and without infarction.