A new pill, tavapadon, has shown potential in easing Parkinson’s symptoms while limiting side effects. In patients taking at least 400 mg of levodopa daily, tavapadon helped reduce motor ...

Researchers are using an advanced brain imaging method called MEG to understand why Parkinson’s drug levodopa doesn’t work equally well for everyone. By mapping patients’ brain signals before and ...

Researchers have used magnetoencephalography brain imaging technology to determine how the drug levodopa, the main drug used ...

Simon Fraser University researchers are pioneering personalized Parkinson's treatment using MEG imaging. They discovered that ...

Levodopa — which is converted into dopamine in the brain and targets the D2/D3/D4 dopamine receptors — has been linked to side effects including sleep disorders, hallucinations, impulse ...

Roche and Prothena are advancing Prasinezumab to Phase 3 for Parkinson’s despite mixed Phase 2 results. Click here to read an analysis of RHHBY stock now.

HealthDay News — For patients with Parkinson disease with motor fluctuations, the oral once-daily, selective D1/D5 partial dopamine agonist tavapadon as an adjunct to levodopa increases total ...

Expert Rev Neurother. 2009;9(7):929-940. Improvements in levodopa pharmacokinetics with the addition of entacapone were similar to that seen in healthy volunteers. In addition, Phase II trials ...

Early in the disease, levodopa should keep your dopamine levels steady from one dose to the next. Once you've had Parkinson's for many years, your dopamine levels may start to drop between drug doses.

To the Editor: Rascol et al. (May 18 issue)1 summarize the results of their study by stating that Parkinson's disease is best managed with ropinirole alone as the initial treatment, with levodopa u ...

Simon Fraser University Researchers are using an advanced brain imaging method called MEG to understand why Parkinson's drug ...