After many months of waiting, two new medications have become available to people with Parkinson's disease. Rytary is a new slow-release levodopa formulation that will be very helpful to patients who are taking medications multiple times per day. For instance, some people have to take Sinemet every two hours or so, up to seven times per day. With Rytary, they may be able to take it three times per day, instead.
DuoDopa is a levodopa intestinal gel system, that will also help to smooth out the "on and off periods" and dyskinesias that some people have with taking Sinemet. This may be an alternative to DBS in some patients with advanced PD.
DuoDopa is a levodopa intestinal gel system, that will also help to smooth out the "on and off periods" and dyskinesias that some people have with taking Sinemet. This may be an alternative to DBS in some patients with advanced PD.
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