Background <p>Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex, progressive neurodegenerative disorder with patients experiencing an increased number and severity of motor and non-motor symptoms over the course of their disease. Despite the exponentially increasing prevalence of PD worldwide, therapies for people with PD remain symptomatic in nature.</p> Purpose of Review <p>This review provides an update on the advances in the pharmacological management of both motor and non-motor symptoms in people with PD.</p> Recent Findings <p>It highlights several newly approved pharmacological options for ON/OFF motor fluctuations and levodopa-induced dyskinesia. This review details the novel device-aided therapies of intravenous levodopa/ carbidopa along with the unique delivery systems approved for PD rescue therapy. This review concludes with an update on the recent progress made in the treatment of a number of non-motor symptoms.</p> Conclusion <p>Although disease-modifying and neurorestorative therapies remain the Holy Grail in PD, the current advances in symptomatic pharmacological therapies are welcomed in the armamentarium of PD care.</p>

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Advances in the Pharmacological Management of Parkinson’s Disease

  • Darragh Power,
  • Grace F. Crotty

摘要

Background

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex, progressive neurodegenerative disorder with patients experiencing an increased number and severity of motor and non-motor symptoms over the course of their disease. Despite the exponentially increasing prevalence of PD worldwide, therapies for people with PD remain symptomatic in nature.

Purpose of Review

This review provides an update on the advances in the pharmacological management of both motor and non-motor symptoms in people with PD.

Recent Findings

It highlights several newly approved pharmacological options for ON/OFF motor fluctuations and levodopa-induced dyskinesia. This review details the novel device-aided therapies of intravenous levodopa/ carbidopa along with the unique delivery systems approved for PD rescue therapy. This review concludes with an update on the recent progress made in the treatment of a number of non-motor symptoms.

Conclusion

Although disease-modifying and neurorestorative therapies remain the Holy Grail in PD, the current advances in symptomatic pharmacological therapies are welcomed in the armamentarium of PD care.