Do not use drugs that may worsen the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, such as anti-dopaminergic, alphalitic and anticholinergic drugs, without consulting your neurologist.
People with Parkinson’s disease may require medication for other reasons. Their general practitioner should therefore be careful to consider any prescriptions from other specialists for drugs that may worsen certain motor and non-motor symptoms of the disease....
Nutrition: Limit the foods of animal origin and industrial production. Give preference to fruits, vegetables, whole cereals and legumes, better if fresh, from your local area, and cultivated according to current season and in a biological way.
The diet must be healthy, varied, balanced and moderate following the general guidelines of the so-called “Food Pyramid”, which involves less use of resources and less pollution (“Ecological footprint”). A vegetarian change would not only...
Do not use brain scintigraphic examinations such as brain SPECT (Single Photon Emission Tomography) with dopamine transporter marker (DAT-SCAN) or myocardial examination with Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) as well as positron emission brain tomography (PET) with any radionuclide, for diagnostic confirmation of Parkinson’s disease or to evaluate its progression.
The finding of a positive brain SPECT (single photon emission tomography) scan with dopamine transporter marker (DAT-SCAN) does not establish a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, which is instead based on the presence of clinical elements that meet the current...
Ionizing Radiation: X-rays should not be carried out unless a specific clinical indication.
Radiological examinations are a valuable diagnostic aid but the possible damage they can cause to the patient, future generations and the environment must be taken into account. In particular, given the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of ionizing radiation,...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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