What do I need to know about Parkinson’s disease medication?

Parkinson’s disease is due to the degeneration of the substantia nigra region of the midbrain, the amount of dopamine neurotransmitter produced is reduced, which cannot maintain the normal needs of the body, resulting in a series of symptoms of movement disorders, such as limb trembling, rigidity, slow movement, posture and gait abnormalities, etc. The disease does not affect the life span of the person, but it affects the quality of life very much. Parkinson’s disease, the condition of slow progress aggravation, resulting in patients gradually deteriorate the ability to take care of themselves, in order to be able to take care of their own lives, patients need timely treatment, generally take medication to control the symptoms, and is a lifelong drug, so in the long process of drug treatment, there will be a lot of drug problems, so Parkinson’s disease drug treatment need to pay attention to what? 1, the first diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease patients need to understand, taking medication to effectively control the symptoms, rather than curing the symptoms, can not stop the drug. Clinically, there are some patients who do not understand Parkinson’s disease, taking medication has an effect, the hand does not shake, it is thought that the disease is cured, eat a box of drugs to stop taking medication, this is the wrong understanding, patients need to pay attention to this point. 2, Parkinson’s disease medication is not the only one Medopa, the current clinical treatment of Parkinson’s disease, many drugs, and each drug has its own efficacy. Some early and timely treatment of patients, a single and mild symptoms, taking a Medopa drug is very effective, but with the progress of the disease aggravation, often need to combine drugs to treatment. And some patients did not timely follow-up, has been to buy their own medobar drugs, two types of situations. One category is patients who have been ill for many years, with the same dose of methyldopa medication and poor symptom control. One type of patient is taking Metobar, their own unauthorized increase, there was a male patient in his 40s to the clinic, a day to eat a box of Metobar, he said: “can not get up in the morning, just keep taking the drug, eat until there is an effect, the body can move until”. This is a very serious problem. Do not take medication in this way, as it is very harmful to the body. Must be regular follow-up, timely follow-up, under the guidance of a professional doctor to use drugs. 3, drug treatment must follow the “individualized” medication, meaning that according to the doctor’s orders on time and in accordance with the amount of medication, try not to add, reduce the drug without authorization, stopping the drug, change the drug and so on. If you need to adjust the drug, timely follow-up. Because the medication and dosage taken by each patient is guided by a professional doctor according to the patient’s age, physical condition, type of symptoms, severity of the disease, and so on. Therefore, patients can not see other patients convince a certain drug is effective, so they feel that they also have an effect on their own, arbitrarily stopping the drug, change the drug. 4, the correct treatment of drug side effects, each drug has its role and side effects, contraindications, etc., not because of the fear of side effects, and do not go to take the drug, or reduce the amount of their own, some of the drugs will have recent side effects, such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting and so on, take the drug for a period of time, the body will disappear after adaptation. The purpose of the correct use of medication is not only to improve the current symptoms, but also to consider the long term and slow down the progress of the disease. 5, Parkinson’s disease drugs and food interaction, due to food protein can affect the absorption of levodopa, reduce the efficacy of levodopa drugs are best taken on an empty stomach, or choose to take the drug 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals. In addition, protein food intake and drugs is not one or the other, protein is also the body’s nutritional needs, so as long as the time fork, does not affect the intake. 6, suffering from a variety of diseases, how to take the drug, the clinic must tell the professional doctor, suffering from which diseases, which drugs, professional doctors to give medication adjustments, in the time of the drug, but also to fork in the time point.