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Pages in category "Antiparkinsonian agents" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amantadine;
Currently, no proven neuroprotective agents or treatments are available for PD. While still theoretical, neuroprotective therapy is based on the idea that certain neurons that produce dopamine and are susceptible to premature degeneration and cell death can be protected by the introduction of neuroprotective pharmaceuticals .
Tolcapone is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease as an adjunct to levodopa/carbidopa or levodopa/benserazide medications. Levodopa is a prodrug for dopamine, which reduces Parkinson symptoms; carbidopa and benserazide are aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) inhibitors.
Biperiden, sold under the brand name Akineton among others, is a medication used to treat Parkinson disease, certain drug-induced movement disorders [2] and Tourette Syndrome [citation needed].
Safinamide is the first antiparkinson medication to be approved for ten years. [25] Safinamide was approved by US FDA in March 2017 for people with Parkinsons taking levodopa/carbidopa during "off" episodes. [26] [27]
Levodopa is the immediate precursor to dopamine. Entacapone is a selective, reversible catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor that prevents the degradation of levodopa.
Ropinirole can cause nausea, dizziness, hallucinations, orthostatic hypotension, and sudden sleep attacks during the daytime.Unusual side effects specific to D 3 agonists such as ropinirole and pramipexole can include hypersexuality, punding and compulsive gambling, even in patients without a history of these behaviours.
Benapryzine (BAN Tooltip British Approved Name), or benaprizine (INN Tooltip International Nonproprietary Name), also known as benapryzine hydrochloride (USAN Tooltip United States Adopted Name in the case of the hydrochloride salt and sold under the brand name Brizin, is an antiparkinsonian agent and anticholinergic which has been used in the treatment of parkinsonism.