The new Parkinson's disease treatment book : partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications / J. Eric Ahlskog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahlskog, J. Eric, author.

Standardized Title:

Parkinson's disease treatment book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parkinson's disease--Treatment--Popular works.

Parkinson's disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fundamental guide to the most effective treatments for Parkinson's Disease, from a Mayo Clinic doctor with thirty years of clinical and research experience. In this second edition follow-up to the extremely successful first edition, Dr. Ahlskog draws on thirty years of clinical experience to present the definitive guide to dealing with all aspects of Parkinson's Disease, from treatment options and side effects to the impact of the disease on caregivers and family. Dr. Ahlskog's goal is to educate patients so that they can better team up with their doctors to do battle with the disease, str

Contents:

Cover

Series

The New Parkinson's Disease Treatment Book

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Background

2. A Primer on the Brain

3. Parkinson's Disease: Changes in the Brain and Beyond

4. How Do I Know If I Have Parkinson's Disease?

5. Prognosis

6. Conditions Mistaken for Parkinson's Disease

7. Testing

8. Clues to the Cause(s): Genes, Environment

9. Are There Drugs or Strategies to Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression?

10. Medications for Movement Problems (Gait, Tremor, Slowness): Background and Rationale

11. Starting Medical Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Movement Problems

12. Starting Levodopa Treatment

13. Starting Dopamine Agonist Treatment

14. Refractory Tremor Syndromes: "Medications Don't Help My Tremor!"

15. The First Few Years on Carbidopa/Levodopa Treatment

16. The Early Years of Parkinson's Disease If Started on Other Drugs

17. Later Developing Movement Problems: Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias Treated with Levodopa Adjustments

18. Supplemental Drugs for Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias

19. Subjective Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Due to Dopamine Deficiency

20. Sleep Problems: Insomnia, Daytime Sleepiness, and Nighttime Disruptions

21. Orthostatic Hypotension and Other Causes of Dizziness: Different Types and Different Treatments

22. Depression

23. Thinking, Memory, and Dementia

24. Hallucinations, Paranoia, Delusions, and Problematic Compulsive Behaviors

25. Problems with Swallowing, Saliva, and Speaking

26. Managing Digestive Problems and Constipation

27. Urinary Symptoms

28. Sexual Dysfunction, Estrogen, and Menstrual Cycles

29. Other Treatment Problems: Swelling, Skin Rashes, and Visual Symptoms

30. Diets, Vitamins, Nutrition, Osteoporosis

31. Exercise, Physical Medicine, and Physical Therapy.

32. Family, Friends, the Workplace, and Caregivers

33. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Other Brain Surgery for Parkinson's Disease

34. Experimental Treatments: Fetal and Stem Cell Implantation, Neurotrophic Hormone and Gene Therapy, Vaccines and Immunotherapy

35. Support and Advocacy Groups and the Internet

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-023188-2

0-19-023187-4

OCLC:

912421993