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Is Depression & Anxiety common in Parkinson’s disease? Yes. Depression & Anxiety are common in Parkinson’s disease. These problems can produce significant disability. About 1 in every 5 patients with Parkinson’s disease may have Depression (Rejinders et al. 2008). Anxiety is even more common – about 1 in 4 patients with Parkinson’s disease have significant … Read more
Discusses the quick identification and basic treatment of Parkinsonism / Parkinson’s disease. Neuroletter – Parkinsonism 1 Caution: This information is not a substitute for professional care. Do not change your medications/treatment without your doctor’s permission. Dr. Siddharth Kharkar Dr. Siddharth Kharkar has been recognized as one of the best neurologists in Mumbai by Outlook India … Read more
(Brand names in India: Syncapone, Entacom plus) How do Entacapone & Tolcapone act? Entcapone is a friend of levodopa. It prevents the breakdown of levodopa by inhibiting an enzyme called COMT. The name of the enzyme is not important, what is important is that entacapone protects levodopa. Therefore, it makes the levodopa stay longer in the … Read more
(Brand names: Sinemet, Syndopa, Syndopa plus, Syndopa CR, Tidomet etc) Levodopa is the MOST POWERFUL, POSSIBLY BEST medication for Parkinson’s disease. If Parkinson’s was a jungle, Levodopa would be an Elephant. It is the Optimus Prime of Transformers, the Mount Everest of mountains… I could go on… How does levodopa work? In a very simple … Read more
Remember: Levodopa’s best friends are: Entacapone & Amantadine. The medications discussed here (the MAO-B inhibitors) are also supposedly “friends of levodopa/dopamine”. Except, two of them, like the older brothers Karamazov, these medications are somewhat useful but full of flaws. These medications probably belong to an older generation. I use them very sparingly, if at all. … Read more
A lot of people are anxious about the Coronavirus / Covid epidemic. There is a lot of misinformation about the effect of Covid on Parkinson’s patients. Here is an excellent collection of information on the topic, from reliable sources. In summary: The risk of getting the infection is almost certainly not higher in Parkinson’s patients. … Read more
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