These are quick tips to work on with your doctor in case of acute worrisome hallucinations and psychosis in the setting of Parkinson’s disease: Check for a urinary tract infection or pneumonia Consider the medication list and consider that medications may be the underlying cause, or contributing to the cause…
A Critical Reappraisal of the Worst Drugs in Parkinson’s Disease What are the worst drugs for Parkinson’s disease patients? Couldn’t a simple list be assembled and disseminated to the Parkinson community? Recently Ed Steinmetz, an experienced neurologist in Ft. Meyers, FL pointed out to me, a list approach published in…
Over the years we have noticed that Parkinson’s disease patients commonly present with constipation. We always recommend as much daily vigorous exercise as is possible, and drinking 6-8 glasses of water a day. If that doesn’t work, we have over the last ten…
Drs. Oyama and Okun from the University of Florida wrote a blog post on the National Parkinson Foundation website about two recent articles which point out to physicians the problems that Parkinson patients may have when they come in for a hospitalization and during their treatment. One…
The Movement Disorders Society typically focuses on educating clinicians on these disorders. This year, however, they are branching out with their first patient education symposium and it was captured on video. The symposium was held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on October 2009 but is now available as a…
