Do not underestimate the importance of multidisciplinary and non-pharmacological approaches.
Although the first line of intervention in Parkinson’s disease is pharmacological, recent evidence has shown that multidisciplinary therapy using non-drug approaches can improve the symptoms of the disease or even slow its progression. These include regular...
Do not abruptly discontinue/modify Parkinson’s disease therapy.
According to recent evidence, therapy with anti-Parkinsonian drugs is inappropriately discontinued or modified in a large percentage (up to 75%) of patients with Parkinson’s disease who are admitted to emergency or non-neurological hospital wards. This is one of...
Do not delay prescribing levodopa if appropriate, and instead, do not use drugs for the complicated phase of the disease prematurely.
Levodopa prescription as a drug treatment in Parkinson’s disease is often delayed in favour of other drug categories (such as dopamine agonists) due to concerns about the risk of drug-induced motor complications or levodopa toxicity. However, recent evidence has...
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....The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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