SUBCUTANEOUS APOMORPHINE IN PARKINSONS-DISEASE - RESPONSE TO CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION FOR UP TO 5 YEARS
SUBCUTANEOUS APOMORPHINE IN PARKINSONS-DISEASE - RESPONSE TO CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION FOR UP TO 5 YEARS
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DOI:
10.1002/mds.870080208
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发表时间:
1993-04-01
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
STERN, GM
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作者:
HUGHES, AJ;BISHOP, S;STERN, GM
Subcutaneous apomorphine, administered by continuous waking-day infusion with boluses, or by repeated intermittent injection, was given to 71 parkinsonian patients with severe refractory levodopa related on-off fluctuations for 1-5 years. A mean reduction in daily off period time of approximately 50% was maintained, and the incidence of neuropsychiatric toxicity remained low on long-term follow-up. No clinically significant tolerance or loss of therapeutic effect was seen, although increasingly severe on-phase dyskinesias and postural instability marred the long-term therapeutic response in many patients. Despite these drawbacks, apomorphine, when combined with the peripheral dopamine receptor agonist domperidone, represents a significant therapeutic advance in the management of late-stage Parkinson's disease and should certainly be considered before experimental implantation procedures.