If a patient is experiencing troublesome tremor and if symptoms are not controlled adequately with one medication, another should be tried
They will likely know of the risks associated with older patients and anticholinergic medicines
Anticholinergics may be given alone or with levodopa or dopamine agonists
Your doctor may adjust your dose as needed and tolerated
com on Aug 3, 2023
Carbidopa/levodopa and the dopamine agonists are often used as first-line therapies in PD patients with motor features of the disease
Read on to learn more about medications that may be used in a Parkinson’s treatment regimen
Background Levodopa (lee" voe doe' pa) is a derivative of phenylalanine and is a metabolic precursor of dopamine