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28th September 2014 - New research WEARING OFF IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Parkinsonism Related Disorders [2014] 20 (2) : 204-211 (F.Stocchi, A.Antonini, P.Barone, M.Tinazzi, M.Zappia, M.Onofrj, S.Ruggieri, L.Morgante, U.Bonuccelli, L.Lopiano, P. Pramstaller, A.Albanese, M.Attar, V.Posocco, D.Colombo, G.Abbruzzese) Complete abstract Wearing off of the effect of drugs for Parkinson's Disease has been found to occur far earlier and in more people with Parkinson's Disease than previously assumed. Wearing off is very individual and there is no standard time frame for when this may occur or which symptoms are experienced. For more information go to Wearing off
Wearing Off is already common in the early stages of Parkinson's Disease and is underestimated by routine neurological clinical evaluation. The effect of Parkinson's Disease drugs is therefore often relatively short lived. For more news go to Parkinson's Disease News
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Neurologists
found that there was wearing off in 57% of people with Parkinson's Disease.
However, when this was assessed by the patients themselves, there was found
to be wearing off in 67% of people with Parkinson's Disease. Even in people
who had Parkinson's Disease for less than 2.5 years there was wearing off in
21% of people when assessed by neurologists and in 41% when patients
assessed themselves. The most frequent wearing off symptoms were slowness of
movements (55%) and reduced dexterity (48%). Those factors most associated
with wearing off were : younger age, female gender, severer symptoms, and
duration of treatment.
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