Noninvasive options for ‘wearing-off’ in Parkinson's disease: a clinical consensus from a panel of UK Parkinson's disease specialists

  • CB Carroll
  • , R Fackrell
  • , D Grosset
  • , B Mohamed
  • , P Reddy
  • , M Parry
  • , K Chaudhuri
  • , T Foltynie

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Abstract

In the past 4 years, two adjunctive treatment options to levodopa have been licensed for use in the UK in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and motor fluctuations: opicapone, a third-generation catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitor, and safinamide, a monoamine oxidase B inhibitor. This clinical consensus outlines the practical considerations relating to motor fluctuations and managing wearing-off in patients with PD, and provides a clinical insight to adjunctive treatment options, including opicapone and safinamide. Practice-based opinion was provided from a multidisciplinary steering Group of eight UK-based movement disorder and PD specialists, including neurologists, geriatricians and a nurse specialist, from England, Scotland and Wales.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNeurodegenerative Disease Management
Early online date5 Jul 2018
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 5 Jul 2018

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