Use of levodopa in early Parkinson's disease does not have any disease-modifying effect, either beneficial or detrimental, a new study suggests. "There was no difference in Parkinson's symptoms or ...

(HealthDay News) — Animal studies have uncovered a compound that might reduce the adverse effects of levodopa. The research was published in the Nov. 18 issue of Neuron. In the new study, an ...

About one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s Disease. Levodopa is the most effective drug available, but the drug can cause side effects, and after several years, the ...

Defective metabolism of levodopa in the brain was associated with a decline in the drug's efficacy over time and the adverse effect of dyskinesia among patients with Parkinson disease. Although highly ...

Researchers think they know more about why levodopa, the first-line therapy for treating the motor symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD), loses efficacy and causes dyskinesia, or off periods, the longer ...

Dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor + dopamine precursor. ≥18yrs: Do not crush or chew. Patients not receiving levodopa: initially one Sinemet CR 50–200 tab twice daily, at intervals of at least 6 hrs.

There is currently (April, 2010) no cure for Parkinson’s disease. Therapy focuses on treating the symptoms that undermine the patient’s quality of life. As people have enormously varying symptoms and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – A well-known drug used to treat hyperactive children boosts the potency of another drug that reduces Parkinson's disease symptoms, an Oregon Health & Science University study has ...