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How To Confirm Parkinson S Disease?
hi my husband had aortic aneurism type b dissection in thoresic area he had gone stent grafting treatment and now he has improving .but last three months he had slow reflexes and slow movement ,dr. said he is having Parkinson the treatment began with syndropa plus and syndropa cr. he has improve after this . recently we have changed our neurologist he said though he used lesuride 25mg tab since last 8 months he has drug endused parkinson now we have stop this medisen how much time will take to decide that he is this type of parkinson? or is it curable?
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
Hello !
I read your question and understand your concern.
Parkinson is a clinical diagnosis. The main clinical sign is slowness of the movements, and can also be associated with difficulty in initiating the movement, tremor and rigidity. It may be drug induced. The brain MRI is normal in Parkinson disease. An argument in favor of Parkinson is the good response to Levodopa treatment. You say he is taking Syndropa , which is Levodopa.
If I were his doctor I would recommend him to continue this treatment. You can try not to give Syndopa during lunch , and you will see that he will get worse. When you will give the tablet later , he will be ok again. This means that the treatment should be continued.
Hope to have been helpful!
Best wishes Dr. Abaz Quka
I read your question and understand your concern.
Parkinson is a clinical diagnosis. The main clinical sign is slowness of the movements, and can also be associated with difficulty in initiating the movement, tremor and rigidity. It may be drug induced. The brain MRI is normal in Parkinson disease. An argument in favor of Parkinson is the good response to Levodopa treatment. You say he is taking Syndropa , which is Levodopa.
If I were his doctor I would recommend him to continue this treatment. You can try not to give Syndopa during lunch , and you will see that he will get worse. When you will give the tablet later , he will be ok again. This means that the treatment should be continued.
Hope to have been helpful!
Best wishes Dr. Abaz Quka
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