Management of Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease

by Kelly E. Lyons and Rajesh Pahwa

Levodopa-induced motor complications are extremely prevalent (affecting over half of all PD patients after 4-6 years of levodopa therapy), disabling, and one of the more challenging to treat of all PD symptoms. Motor fluctuations result in the re-appearance or a delay in relief of motor symptoms, following levodopa administration. Motor fluctuations occur more frequently as PD progresses and "on" periods (when motor symptoms are well-controlled) typically...

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199841217
• ISBN13: 9780199841219
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 3.8" x 6.5"