Levodopa Health Feed

They are called as syndopa induced dyskinesias. For whom treatment needs adjustments or addition of new tablets. It will be better you convey the same to treating neurologist or else you can proceed with Lybrate online consultation.

Yes you should take the medicine on time as advised by the specialist. But syndopa just reduces symptoms and it will never cure Parkinson.
While there are more chances of homoeopathic treatment to show better results. It is better to start homoeopathic treatment side by side.

There are various kinds of drugs for Parkinsonism. Basically if one group of medicine don't work we try different. I am sure your doctor must have tried all options. Your father also needs anti dementia medicine. It should be started at the earliest as it can only prevent deterioration and cannot reverse the dementia. Keep your father in a room where he gets multiple stimulations from environment like light, air, sound and keeps in constant touch with what is happening around . This will reduce ...more

Parkinson's disease-kampavata
(a neurological disorder)
parkinson's disease is a neurological disease, or brain disorder, that leads to progressive difficulty with balance and coordination. In people who have parkinson's disease, nerve cells in a region of the brain known as the substantia nigra become damaged or die. These cells are important because they produce the chemical dopamine, which helps to coordinate body movement-basal ganglia.
When dopamine-producing cells degenerate/di...more

Simple answer is No. Syndopa has very short effective concentration in blood & hence as soon as it's blood levels begin to decrease, thereby decreasing it's brain levels, your mother starts getting movement related difficulties If you feel she is not getting optimal treatment, discuss with your doctor about other effective medicines like Ropinirole, pramirole etc to increase efficiency of Syndopa combination. But don't change time of medication administration.

Hello lybrate-user
the pain your mother is experiencing seems to be unrelated to her parkinson's and syndopa.
More information is needed to ascertain the cause:
1. When did she attain menopause?
2. Does she have low back pain?
3. Does she have pain in fingers and toes?
4. Does she experience tingling in hands and feet?
5. Does she have any other medical illnesses and if she is taking any treatment apart from levodopa?
6. Have she had any recent trauma or fall and ...more

It’s always better to take syndopaplus on empty stomach , as it is well absorbed ... rest of the medicines can be taken after food...
Don’t take multivitamin tablets along with syndopaplus....
Physiotherapy will help the patient...

Apart from this give him fruit vegetables fish
Multivitamin 1 daily
blood forming Reconia 1 daily
Do not change Syndopa.

Are there any behavioral changes, also there rule out those, may be he requires some changes in dose.

Treatment is good. We should help him in routine activity in which balance is needed so that he doesn't get injured.