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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.2 Million
December 10, 2009
… that the brain’s serotonin system plays a role in dyskinesia, the excessive movements brought on by long-term … pilot study will enroll 24 Parkinson’s patients with dyskinesia at two sites in Sweden. If eltoprazine proves effective in alleviating dyskinesia, the pilot study could lead to a larger clinical …
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Treatments for ''Off'' Time
… Still, both may lessen tremor, slowness, extra movements (dyskinesia) or muscle spasms ( dystonia ), and decrease the … consistent effect, resulting in reduced “off” time and dyskinesia. In early 2025, the FDA approved the first … to movement, or motor, symptoms and complications, like dyskinesia and “off time.” With FUS, there are no incisions …
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Novel Gastric Retentive Controlled-release Dosage Forms of Levodopa/Carbidopa: in vivo Assessment in Pre-Clinical Models
… of levodopa should result in a reduction of side effects (dyskinesia, uncontrolled movements involving several joints … range should result in a reduction of side effects (dyskinesia, uncontrolled movements involving several joints …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.9 Million for Two New Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials
April 2, 2009
… a drug currently used to treat high cholesterol, to reduce dyskinesias — the disruptive, uncontrollable movements that … trial of Simvastatin on the Treatment of Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Erwan Bezard, …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.5 Million for Parkinson's Drug Development Projects Led by Academic Investigators
January 27, 2009
… Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of L-DOPA-induced Dyskinesia Manolo Carta, PhD, Lund University, Sweden … Effects of KCNQ (Kv7) Channel Openers in Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias Angelika Richter, PhD, Freie Universität Berlin, …
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Dhivy (carbidopa/levodopa)
February 14, 2022
… help later on, if a person develops involuntary movement (dyskinesia) or medication benefit comes and goes throughout … for many years, higher levodopa doses also could lead to dyskinesia or motor fluctuations. The medical information …