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The new Parkinson's disease treatment book : partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications

By J. Eric Ahlskog

Book information

Year
2015
ISBN
9780190231866, 0190231866
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (24269991 bytes)
Edition
Second
Pages
\545
Time added
2020-07-05 09:53:01

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Cover Series The New Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Book Copyright Contents Acknowledgments 1. Background 2. A Primer on the Brain 3. Parkinson’s Disease: Changes in the Brain and Beyond 4. How Do I Know If I Have Parkinson’s Disease? 5. Prognosis 6. Conditions Mistaken for Parkinson’s Disease 7. Testing 8. Clues to the Cause(s): Genes, Environment 9. Are There Drugs or Strategies to Slow Parkinson’s Disease Progression? 10. Medications for Movement Problems (Gait, Tremor, Slowness): Background and Rationale 11. Starting Medical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Movement Problems 12. Starting Levodopa Treatment 13. Starting Dopamine Agonist Treatment 14. Refractory Tremor Syndromes: “Medications Don’t Help My Tremor!” 15. The First Few Years on Carbidopa/Levodopa Treatment 16. The Early Years of Parkinson’s Disease If Started on Other Drugs 17. Later Developing Movement Problems: Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias Treated with Levodopa Adjustments 18. Supplemental Drugs for Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias 19. Subjective Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms Due to Dopamine Deficiency 20. Sleep Problems: Insomnia, Daytime Sleepiness, and Nighttime Disruptions 21. Orthostatic Hypotension and Other Causes of Dizziness: Different Types and Different Treatments 22. Depression 23. Thinking, Memory, and Dementia 24. Hallucinations, Paranoia, Delusions, and Problematic Compulsive Behaviors 25. Problems with Swallowing, Saliva, and Speaking 26. Managing Digestive Problems and Constipation 27. Urinary Symptoms 28. Sexual Dysfunction, Estrogen, and Menstrual Cycles 29. Other Treatment Problems: Swelling, Skin Rashes, and Visual Symptoms 30. Diets, Vitamins, Nutrition, Osteoporosis 31. Exercise, Physical Medicine, and Physical Therapy 32. Family, Friends, the Workplace, and Caregivers 33. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Other Brain Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease 34. Experimental Treatments: Fetal and Stem Cell Implantation, Neurotrophic Hormone and Gene Therapy, Vaccines and Immunotherapy 35. Support and Advocacy Groups and the Internet Glossary Index

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