Question

Dan, a 50-year-old man, is experiencing muscle stiffness and shaky hands. In the office, you also note his stooped posture. Tests reveal a deficiency of dopamine, which helps confirm a diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Knowing that there is no cure, Dan is upset and ambivalent about taking medication.

How can you help Dan understand his condition and how his medication, levodopa plus carbidopa (Sinemet), will help him?

Answer 1

In Parkinson's disease, the cells that make dopamine is a part of the brain die. Dopamine cells send information to other cells which makes us do the actions we do.if you are taking medications properly,symptoms should reduce.

Sinemet drug ia primarily used to manage the symptoms of disease.levodopa is converted to dopamine via the action of a naturally occurring enzyme called DOPA decarboxylase. consumption of this drug helps in the improvement of motor activities.

answered by: anonymous