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

    • Title:The Parkinson's disease treatment book : partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications / J. Eric Ahlskog.
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    • Author/Creator:Ahlskog, J. Eric.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Parkinson's disease--Treatment--Popular works.
    • Description:x, 532 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
    • Notes:Includes index.
    • ISBN:0195171934
    • Contents:1. Background and rationale
      2. primer on the brain
      3. Parkinson's disease : changes in the brain and beyond
      4. How do I know if I have Parkinson's disease?
      5. Prognosis
      6. Conditions mistaken for Parkinson's disease
      7. Testing : blood tests, X rays, and scans
      8. causes of PD : what we know and where this is leading us
      9. Are there drugs and strategies to slow PD progression?
      10. Medications for movement problems (gait, tremor, slowness)
      11. Starting treatment of movement problems : which drug and when
      12. Starting levodopa treatment
      13. Starting dopamine agonist treatment
      14. Refractory tremor syndromes : "medications don't help my tremor!"
      15. first few years on carbidopa/levodopa treatment
      16. first few years on a dopamine agonist drug (Pramipexole, Ropinirole, or Pergolide)
      17. Movement problems that develop later : dyskinesias, motor fluctuations, and treatment with levodopa adjustments
      18. Supplemental drugs for motor fluctuations and dyskinesias
      19. Subjective symptoms that may respond to levodopa or dopamine agonists
      20. Sleep problems : insomnia, daytime sleepiness, and disruptions during the night
      21. Dizziness and orthostatic hypotension
      22. Depression
      23. Thinking, memory, and dementia
      24. Crazy ideas, visions, and behavior : hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, and hypersexuality
      25. Problems with swallowing, saliva, and speaking
      26. Managing digestive problems and constipation
      27. Urinary symptoms
      28. Sexual dysfunction, estrogen and menstrual cycles
      29. Treating other problems : swelling, skin rashes, and visual symptoms
      30. Diet, nutrition, and osteoporosis
      31. role of exercise, physical medicine, and physical therapy
      32. Family, friends, the workplace, and caregivers
      33. Brain surgery for PD symptoms : thalamotomy, pallidotomy, and deep brain stimulation
      34. Experimental treatments : fetal and stem cell implantation, neurotrophic hormones, and gene therapy
      35. Support and advocacy groups, and the Internet.
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