Dear Team,
My mother is suffering from PD for 8 yrs now.
It seems that she is on advance stage now, as she complains of tremors, stiffness, numbness in head, dystonia, dyskinesias. We recently visited the doc. She was on 14 tab (syndopa, amantrel, ropark, etc) 14 tablets in a day.
Due to her above complaints, doc added more medicines 17 tab a day now.
Does so much of medication a solution?
She stays mostly indoors as she loses balance most of the time.
Can you gave suggestion on this?
Thanks
Jaai More
Communities
Dear Jaai More,
Dear Jaai More,
As Parkinson's progresses the need for more medication does increase. However, the dose should be optimal for the patient and should be in combination with exercise and strategies to prevent loss of balance and falls.
Syndopa and Ropark are for Parkinson's symptoms while Amantrel is to reduce the dyskinesias. If you feel the medications are not having an effect on your mothers symptoms you can either discuss with your current neurologist or take a second opinion from another neurologist.