How Should Anti-Parkinson's Drugs Be Taken To Maximize Their Efficacy?

Feb 26, 2022

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Parkinson's disease is a type of chronic neurodegenerative disease that occurs frequently in middle-aged and elderly people. With the growth of the aging population in my country in recent years, the incidence of Parkinson's disease is also increasing, so Parkinson's disease is gradually known to the public. Parkinson's disease has the characteristics of insidious onset and a long course of the disease. In the early stage of the disease, the symptoms may appear on a single side or a subtle part of the limb. As the disease progresses, the symptoms continue to aggravate, and the development of the disease generally ranges from several years to more than ten years or even decades.

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musculoskeletal pain


This is the most common type of pain, accounting for approximately 40% to 70%, and is associated with myotonia, severe bradykinesia, and abnormal posture. Such patients can be treated with anti-Parkinsonian drugs to achieve better results.

This type presents as joint and muscle cramping pain and soreness. Joint pain usually occurs in the shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles; muscle spasms and tension are mainly in the neck, arms, paraspinal, and calf muscles

Every Parkinson's patient expects to find a more optimized treatment plan that maximizes the balance between efficacy (control of symptoms) and side effects (tolerability). Then the following nine precautions for taking medicine are also very necessary to understand.


1. Early treatment of Parkinson's disease drugs:


First, early intervention can improve motor function and improve quality of life.

Second, Parkinson's disease progresses faster in the early stage than in the late stage, which may be due to the existence of harmful compensatory mechanisms in the early stage.

3. Start symptomatic drug treatment as soon as possible, which may interrupt harmful compensation and delay the development of the disease.

Early drug treatment is generally monotherapy. However, an optimized low-dose combination of multiple drugs can also be used to achieve the best efficacy, longer maintenance time and the lowest incidence of dyskinesia complications.


2. Take medicine regularly


Not only do you have to remember the medication you take, but you also have to follow the schedule on time, on time, and you can't go wrong. This will help reduce fluctuations in motor symptoms due to irregular medication.

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3. Understand how the drug works and what are the potential side effects


If you can recognize what are the side effects of the drug and how effective it is, you can provide your doctor with the reaction after taking the drug, so that they can adjust the treatment plan in time.

4. Adhere to medication!


There is a dose adjustment period when starting a Parkinson's drug, during which the chance of adverse reactions is higher. Some symptoms such as nausea or dizziness will gradually disappear with the medication symptoms.

Of course, the symptoms of Parkinson's disease may also be exacerbated by the adjustment of the medication (such as the process of tapering one drug and gradually increasing the dose of another drug), and in most cases, the symptoms worsen is short-lived. When severe side reactions, allergies or significant deterioration of symptoms occur, you can no longer "persist on medication", and you should seek medical attention in time.


5. Be aware of potential drug interactions


In addition to Parkinson's disease, there are inevitably other diseases that require drug treatment every day. The more medication you take, the greater the chance of potential drug interactions. It's a good idea to keep a complete and up-to-date list of medications you're taking, so your doctor knows what you're taking when prescribing other medications to avoid potential drug interactions.


6. Don’t make your own claims about changing or stopping the medicine


The role of drugs in the body and the role of other drugs are complex. Usually, the process of drug adjustment is more complicated. Therefore, it is better not to make your own decisions when adjusting and changing drugs. You should ask your specialist to deal with it.

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7. In the choice of drugs, the treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine can be used

If it is in the early and middle stages of the disease course, it is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine for a conditioning treatment. After many patients adopt Western medicine, the initial symptoms are improved significantly, but with the increase of time, the disease seems to be released; "the power of the flood" The same, can not be well controlled. At this time, traditional Chinese medicine treatment can achieve a good inhibitory effect. And its role in this field is also recognized and accepted by more and more patients.


The adjustment of the drug follows the following principles:


The first step is mainly to calm the liver and calm the mind, calm down the abnormal liver yang, and relieve the main complaints. Build confidence for patients to overcome their disease.


The second step is to nourish the kidney, nourish the essence, nourish the blood and nourish the yin, eliminate the basis for the formation of symptoms, and seek the cause of the disease. Start from the source and consolidate the curative effect.


The third step regulates the viscera, balances yin and yang, the ancient language "yin and yang are secret, the spirit is the cure", "the righteousness is stored in the inner, the evil cannot be dry". progress.


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