Levodopa-Sparing Medications May Help Patients in Early Stages of Parkinson’s, Study Suggests

[Farooqji]

Neurologists treating patients with early-stage Parkinson’s disease should prescribe more often therapies that spare patients from starting levodopa too soon in order to delay onset of side effects associated with long-term use of the medicine, findings from a study conducted in Romania suggest.

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[dcpambrose]

I was about to start c/l . Now am skeptical cause am only 49 considering the side effects.

[Jumex2017 in reply to dcpambrose]

My husband only took azilect but he’s terribly slow and no quality of life. He can’t even pull his trousers up

[Despe in reply to Jumex2017]

Jumex, may I ask how long he's been diagnosed or how long he's been on Azilect? How old is he? I would like my husband to start Azilect as monotherapy. Thank you.

[Jumex2017 in reply to Despe]

Hes been taking azilect since Dec 2017. He seems ok but lately he seems to have declined much more. We went to a fourth private neurologist on 18th may 2019 and dr said he should start with a small dosage of madopar. He took it at 3 in the morning (he goes to bed early ) and by 6 , when he went for his fast walk he could feel the strength on his back.

[Despe in reply to Jumex2017]

Thank you! Hope with the addition of Madopar he will do fine. It's an endless war. . .