Efficacy Of 2 Common Parkinson's Disease Medications Improved By New Delivery Method

A new delivery method for levodopa/carbidopa, a common dual-drug Parkinson's disease (PD) regimen, significantly improved the duration of the drugs' effectiveness in people with advanced PD, according to research by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The new method is continuous delivery of an intestinal gel formulation of the therapies, which are traditionally taken orally. The study found that the continuous gel delivery reduced "off" time - when the medicine's effectiveness wears off - by an average of nearly two extra hours per day...

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