Treatment of PD #Cocci
Treatment of PD #Cocci
Treatment of PD #Cocci
motor features of PD
⬆Dopamine ⬇Acetycholine
Sinemet L-dopa +carbi-dopa. Dose
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Start 1 tab daily dose by 1/2 tab every 3 days
Levodopa till case improves
⬇Dose of L-dopa
&Give other drugs (dopamine agonists
⬆Amount of L-dopa
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Act directly on post-synaptic Antiviral
Mechanism Monoamine Oxidase B inhibitors
dopamine receptor dopamine availability reaching CNS
Dose
L-dopa +carbidopa +entacapone
=Stalevo
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Improve motor symptoms SE of dopamine
best in pt whose motor symptoms
predominate
Intestinal infusion of L-dopa (Duodopa) To better maintain L-dopa Benefit throughout the day
⬇Dyskinesia
Thalamotomy & pallidotomy
Pharmacogenetics
Stemcell therapy
Neural transplantation