Invited Perspective on the "Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Zonisamide for Treatment of Parkinsonism in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies: An Open-label Extension of a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial".
Invited Perspective on the "Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Zonisamide for Treatment of Parkinsonism in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies: An Open-label Extension of a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial".
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特邀观点“唑尼沙胺治疗路易体痴呆患者帕金森病的长期疗效和安全性:3 期随机对照试验的开放标签扩展”。
DOI:
10.1016/j.jagp.2021.07.017
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2022
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Pontone,GregoryM
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Hinkle,JaredT;Pontone,GregoryM
The management of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a complex challenge for patients and caregivers. The disease is marked by fluctuating cognitive status with periods of lethargy, confusion, and inattentiveness. DLB is frequently complicated by disturbing delusions and visual hallucinations, as well as the motor syndrome of parkinsonism. As in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD), parkinsonism in DLB is caused by the degeneration of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, which depletes the motor striatum of dopamine. PD and DLB share the pathological hallmark of Lewy bodies, proteinaceous inclusions containing the protein alpha-synuclein, suggesting pathobiological overlap. Regardless, dopamine replacement—such as levodopa—is a key tool for symptomatic control of parkinsonism in both diseases. Compared to that of PD, the parkinsonism of DLB can be less responsive to levodopa and its efficacy wanes more quickly than in PD (1, 2). Dopaminergic medications may also worsen certain© 2021 published by Elsevier. This manuscript is made available under the Elsevier user license https://www. elsevier. com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/