title: Levodopa therapeutics for Parkinson's disease: new developments.
abstract: Levodopa serves as the gold standard of anti-parkinsonian therapy and nearly every patient with Parkinson's disease eventually receives this drug. To improve upon levodopa therapy, several forms of treatment have been devised to augment its actions, and new delivery systems are under development. This new research offers promise for improving outcomes with this highly effective therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, and the Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48034, USA. palewitt@ameritech.net
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: LeWitt
mesh_terms: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D007980:Levodopa