"Anti-levodopa" management approach
Physicians who suspect that early treatment with levodopa may accelerate degeneration of the substantia nigra propose a treatment regimen as outlined below:
- selegiline:
- is started at the time of diagnosis
- has some anti-parkinsonian action but used primarily for its putative neuroprotective properties
When symptoms progress the following drugs are used:
- anticholinergic agents
- dopamine agonists
- amantadine
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