Muscular Dystrophy, Overview, Symptoms, Causes, Types, Treatment, and Management

Ataluren

Ataluren

This medicine has recently been developed to treat some children with Duchenne MD from age five and older who can still walk. This medicine is developed to treat the genetic faults caused by drivel mutation. These medicines allow the bypass of altered genes and help produce functioning genes by the translation process. This medicine comes in the form of granules in sachets—the sachet’s material given to children by mixing in liquid or semi-solid food like yogurt.