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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
Side effects to antiparkinsonian drugs constitute an important component of the daily management of patients with Parkinson's disease. Treatment with levodopa frequently leads to motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. Hallucinosis, nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, orthostatic hypotension and peripheral edema can be managed by dose reduction, medication substitution and specific counteractive measures. Anticholinergics frequently cause cognitive or autonomic symptoms while ergot-derived dopamine agonists carry unique, albeit rare, risks of fibrotic, vasoconstrictive and dermatological side effects. Current areas of controversy include: dopamine agonist-induced sleep attacks, increased mortality with the combination of selegiline and levodopa and the association of levodopa with melanoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1744-8360
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-18
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Adverse effects in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. c.singer@miami.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article