PD INDEX: A Directory of Parkinson's Disease Information on the Internet

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TREATMENT

Treatment options

• Overview
• Evidence-based
• Guidelines
• Multiple conditions

Women

• PD and pregnancy
• PD and menopause

Drug therapy

• Summary of PD drugs
• Carbidopa/Levodopa/L-dopa/Sinemet
• COMT inhibitors (Comtan, Tasmar, Stalevo)
• MAOB inhibitors
• Dopamine agonists
• Anticholinergics
• Amantadine
• Beginning treatment
• Motor complications
• Dyskinesia
• Drugs contraindicated in PD

Other therapies

• Exercise
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Voice therapy
• Swallowing
• Water therapy
• Music therapy
• Yoga
• Tai chi

Nutrition

• Diet and nutrition
• Dietary supplements

Surgery

• Pallidotomy
• Deep brain stimulation