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84 Year Old, Taking Medicines For Parkinson's Disease And BP. Developed Postural Hypotension. Reduce Drugs?
My Father -in-law aged 84yrs has been taking SYNDOPA110mg /3 times a day for Parkinson s Diseace for the last 3 months. He also takes DUTAS -T caps once a day, for BPH Now he has developed POSTURAL HYPOTENSION .BP-80/60 in sitting &110/70 in lying posture Kindly advise as to how we can reduce either of these drugs with what dosages ?
Wed, 13 Nov 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Syndopa (levodopa and carbidopa combination) is known to produce postural hypotension (drop in blood pressure on standing). So, the dose of syndopa can be reduced to half tablets three times daily.
If his symptoms of Parkinson's disease worsen, then, additional ropinirole or pramipexole may be added to his drug regimen.
In addition, he should be made to sit through most of the day (instead of lying down), and regular physiotherapy should be done.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
Syndopa (levodopa and carbidopa combination) is known to produce postural hypotension (drop in blood pressure on standing). So, the dose of syndopa can be reduced to half tablets three times daily.
If his symptoms of Parkinson's disease worsen, then, additional ropinirole or pramipexole may be added to his drug regimen.
In addition, he should be made to sit through most of the day (instead of lying down), and regular physiotherapy should be done.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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