Optimizing levodopa therapy for Parkinson’s disease with levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone: implications from a clinical and patient perspective

David J BrooksDivision of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UKAbstract: After 40 years of clinical experience, levodopa remains the gold standard treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD) despite the recent emergence of a host of new therap...

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Main Author: David J Brooks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2008-03-01
Series:Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/optimizing-levodopa-therapy-for-parkinsonrsquos-disease-with-levodopac-a994