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The new Parkinson's disease treatment book : partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications / J. Eric Ahlskog, Ph.D., M.D.

Ahlskog, J. Eric. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780190231866
  • Physical Description: x, 528 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: Second edition
  • Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Revision of: Parkinson's disease treatment book. 2005.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Background 1 -- Part 1 Basic Facts about the Brain and Parkinson's Disease -- 2 A Primer on the Brain 9 -- 3 Parkinson's Disease: Changes in the Brain and Beyond 19 -- Part 2 Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Prognosis -- 4 How Do I Know If I Have Parkinson's Disease? 31 -- 5 Prognosis 55 -- Part 3 Distinguishing Parkinson's Disease from Other Disorders -- 6 Conditions Mistaken for Parkinson's Disease 65 -- 7 Testing 85 -- Part 4 Cause and Progression of Parkinson's Disease -- 8 Clues to the Cause(s): Genes, Environment 97 -- 9 Are There Drugs or Strategies to Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression? 111 -- Part 5 Movement Problems of Parkinson's Disease: Medication Rationale and Choices -- 10 Medications for Movement Problems (Gait, Tremor, Slowness): Background and Rationale 129 -- 11 Starting Medical Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Movement Problems 145 -- Part 6 Beginning Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Medication Guidelines -- 12 Starting Levodopa Treatment 159 -- 13 Starting Dopamine Agonist Trearment 175 -- 14 Refractory Tremor Syndromes: "Medications Don't Help My Tremor!" 189 -- Part 7 Early Years on Medications -- 15 First Few Years on Carbidopa/Levodopa Treatment 199 -- 16 Early Years of Parkinson's Disease If Started on Other Drugs 205 -- Part 8 Later Medication Inconsistency: Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias -- 17 Later Developing Movement Problems: Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias Treated with Levodopa Adjustments 213 -- 18 Supplemental Drugs for Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias 251 -- Part 9 Other Treatment Problems: Not Just a Movement Disorder -- 19 Subjective Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Due to Dopamine Deficiency 263 -- 20 Sleep Problems: Insomnia, Daytime Sleepiness, and Nighttime Disruptions 275 -- 21 Orthostatic Hypotension and Other Causes of Dizziness: Different Types and Different Treatments 299 -- 22 Depression 325 -- 23 Thinking, Memory, and Dementia 337 -- 24 Hallucinations, Paranoia, Delusions, and Problematic Compulsive Behaviors 353 -- 25 Problems with Swallowing, Saliva, and Speaking 369 -- 26 Managing Digestive Problems and Constipation 375 -- 27 Urinary Symptoms 385 -- 28 Sexual Dysfunction, Estrogen, and Menstrual Cycles 397 -- 29 Other Treatment Problems: Swelling, Skin Rashes, and Visual Symptoms 409 -- Part 10 Nutrition, Exercise, Work, and Family -- 30 Diets, Vitamins, Nutrition, Osteoporosis 425 -- 31 Exercise, Physical Medicine, and Physical Therapy 433 -- 32 Family, Friends, the Workplace, and Caregivers 445 -- Part 11 Surgery and Procedures for Parkinson's Disease: Present and Future -- 33 Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Other Brain Surgery for Parkinson's Disease 455 -- 34 Experimental Treatments: Fetal and Stem Cell Implantation, Neurotrophic Hormone and Gene Therapy, Vaccines and Immunotherapy 469 -- Part 12 Parkinson's Disease Information Services -- 35 Support and Advocacy Groups and the Internet 485.
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Parkinson's disease > Treatment > Popular works.

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