Parkinson's Disease Health Feed

Hello and welcome to Lybrate. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Syndopa cr tablet is a combination medicine used to treat the symptoms of parkinson's disease and parkinson's-like symptoms which are associated with some other diseases. These may include shakiness, stiffness, and slowness of movement. These symptoms are usually caused by a lack of dopamine, a natural substance present in the brain.
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Generalized weakness is very common is parkinson disorder and physical exercises is strongly recommended for him, you can basically start with brisk walk to cycling at home or may be at gym, if available cycling and physical exercises will gives wonderful results in parkinson's. Neelam mishra
neuro rehabilitation psychologist
sir ganga ram hospital, new delhi.

If you are being treated for Parkinson's disease. How can you maximize the effect of Levodopa? The effect of levodopa can be maximized by increasing its absorption from the digestive system. In particular, taking levodopa on an empty stomach is very important.

Take on an empty stomach: Do not eat anything 1 hour before taking levodopa. Do not eat anything for at least 30 minutes and if possible 1 hour after taking it. Take the pill with 2 glasses of water so that it can dissolve. If ta...more

This is a disease which we can modify but can not cure do daily exercise and meditation yoga that will make life little bit easier.

Dear user. I can understand. Please don't be panic but be serious about the symptoms. Older people whose walking pace suddenly starts to slow may be suffering from the early stages of dementia, according to a new study. Researchers found that changes in walking speed in late life may signal the early stages of dementia, known as mild cognitive impairment (mci). Did your neurologist speak anything about dementia? Consult your neurologist again for physical investigation. Please provide more infor...more

start with advanced physiotherapy along with regular exercises and strengthening exercises would help

What is Parkinson s disease?
Parkinson s disease is a progressive and degenerative disorder of the Central Nervous System that mostly affects older people. It is a chronic disease and the symptoms develop over a period of time. The characteristic symptoms of Parkinson s are rigidity, shaking, bradykinesia (slowness in movement) and shuffled gait. Anxiety and depression also seem to be common in advanced stages of Parkinson s disease. In addition to the motor symptoms, the cognitive function ...more

If you are being treated for Parkinson's disease. How can you maximize the effect of Levodopa? The effect of levodopa can be maximized by increasing its absorption from the digestive system. In particular, taking levodopa on an empty stomach is very important.

Take on an empty stomach: Do not eat anything 1 hour before taking levodopa. Do not eat anything for at least 30 minutes and if possible 1 hour after taking it. Take the pill with 2 glasses of water so that it can dissolve. If ta...more