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  • Title: [Dopaminergic treatment in Parkinson's disease: what has each therapeutic family got to offer?].
    Author: Pagonabarraga J, Kulisevsky J.
    Journal: Rev Neurol; 2014 Jan 01; 58(1):25-34. PubMed ID: 24343538.
    Abstract:
    Different families of dopaminergic agents have allowed to increase the availability of dopamine within the central nervous system by different mechanisms of action. Each drug family has specific efficacious properties, as well as a different profile of adverse events. The knowledge in detail of these specificities is mandatory to avoid severe systemic or neuropsychiatric complications. Despite these limitations, the development of new drugs within the past 20 years has prolonged survival in Parkinson's disease, increasing the time with preserved daily day functionality compared with the levodopa era, when this drug was the only dopaminergic drug available. The correct combination of dopaminergic drugs with different mechanisms of action allows the management of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms within safety dose ranges, and up to day, this appears as the best algorithm to maintain functionality for longer periods of time. TITLE: Tratamiento dopaminergico en la enfermedad de Parkinson: que puede ofrecer cada familia terapeutica? UNLABELLED: Diferentes familias de farmacos dopaminergicos han permitido aumentar el suministro de dopamina en el estriado por diferentes mecanismos. Cada familia de farmacos posee un grado de eficacia determinado, asi como un perfil de efectos secundarios especifico que debe conocerse en detalle para evitar complicaciones sistemicas y neuropsiquiatricas graves. A pesar de estas limitaciones, la disponibilidad de multiples farmacos ha permitido aumentar la supervivencia media en la enfermedad de Parkinson, con un periodo de funcionalidad en el dia a dia significativamente mas largo al que se conseguia cuando la levodopa era practicamente el unico farmaco disponible. La correcta adicion de farmacos dopaminergicos con diferentes mecanismos de accion permite tratar la enfermedad de Parkinson sin tener que llegar a dosis excesivamente altas de ninguno de ellos, lo que parece, en el momento actual, el mejor algoritmo para el control de los sintomas motores durante un periodo lo mas duradero posible.
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