Chapter 15, Problem 3O

Summary Introduction

To discuss:

Different classes of medications used to manage Parkinson’s disease and list the drugs in each class.

Concept Introduction:

Parkinson disease is a type of neurodegenerative disease associated with dementia, loss of ability to walk, numbness, and difficulty to think. Mostly it affects the old age people. It mainly affects the motor system of the central nervous system. Gene therapy and Dopamine therapy are some of the ways to treat the Parkinson disease at an early stage of detection.