Substitution of standard Madopar by Madopar HBS in parkinsonians with fluctuations.
Fourteen parkinsonian patients, 10 of them showing severe and long-standing 'on-off' effects and 4 'end-of-dose impairment', received Madopar HBS instead of standard Madopar. At the end of the dosage adaptation phase (9 weeks) most patients improved; in patients with 'on-off' phenomenon, parkinsonism became less severe, on periods were longer, and fluctuations decrease; end-of-dose impairment resolved in 4 patients. However, a longer delay in the onset of the therapeutic effect was observed after the first daily drug intake in those patients still showing severe early-morning parkinsonism. With Madopar HBS, L-dopa dosage was increased by 116%. In spite of a greater dopaminergic effect, dyskinesias were reduced, and dystonias became less marked or even disappeared.
Chouza
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Section of Extrapyramidal Diseases, Institute of Neurology, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Romero
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de Medina
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Aljanati
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Scarmelli
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Caamano
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Gonzales Panizza
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001545:Benserazide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001682:Biological Availability; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007980:Levodopa / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006834:Hydrazines; C005177:benserazide, levodopa drug combination; D007980:Levodopa; D001545:Benserazide