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The Parkinson's disease treatment book : partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications / J. Eric Ahlskog.
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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.
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Published/Created:Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WL359 .A365 2005
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Parkinson's disease--Treatment--Popular works.
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Description:x, 532 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Notes:Includes index.
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ISBN:0195171934
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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.