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Flashcards in Parkinson's disease therapeutics Deck (10)
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Reduce dyskinesia or tremor

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Amantadine or

Anticholinergic - benztropine, diphenhydramine

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Add to reduce off time

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Entacapone (comt inhibitor)

Rasagiline (Mao inhibitor)

2
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Surgery

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Deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus

Thalamoty - dyskinesia, tremor, rigidity
Pallidomy- on off, fluctuations

3
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Young Parkinson’s patient

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Dopamine agonist

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Older patient

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Start with levodopa

5
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D1 adverse agonism

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Link to dyskinesia

6
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D2 adverse agonism

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Hallucinations, psychosis

7
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Psychosis in PD

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Titrate PD therapy down

(Anticholinergic, selegiline, amantadine, dop agonist, COMT, levo dopa)

Clozapine, quetiapine

8
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Dementia in PD

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Rivastigmine

9
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Dopamine 2 selective agonists

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Pramipexole

Ropinirole