Non motor subtypes and Parkinson's disease.

Non motor symptoms (NMS) represent a significant burden in Parkinson's disease (PD) with numerous studies highlighting the importance of NMS both in "pre-motor" phase of PD as well as throughout the course of disease. In part this has led the international Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (IPMDS) task force to attempt a re-definition of PD incorporating NMS and not base the diagnosis solely on motor symptoms. While motor subtypes within PD have been recognized and researched, recent clinical and neurobiological research suggests the existence of discrete non motor subtypes in PD, particularly in untreated (drug naïve) and early PD patients.

Infusion Therapies and Development of Impulse Control Disorders in Advanced Parkinson Disease: Clinical Experience After 3 Years' Follow-up.

Background: In Parkinson disease (PD), compulsive behaviors, cumulatively termed impulse control disorders (ICDs), are known to develop in patients receiving dopamine-replacement therapy with oral dopamine agonists being particularly implicated. However, the effects of continuous infusion therapies have not been explored.

Objectives: We report data from a 3-year clinical observational screening of our active cohort of patients receiving apomorphine (Apo) infusion and intrajejunal levodopa infusion (IJLI) for development or attenuation of ICDs.

A Pilot Prospective, Multicenter Observational Study of Dopamine Agonist Withdrawal Syndrome in Parkinson's Disease.

Dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome (DAWS) has been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who rapidly decrease or stop their dopamine agonist (DA) treatment. Retrospective studies suggest a high prevalence of DAWS (14%-18%) in PD, but there are no prospective studies. We report data from the first pilot European multicenter prospective study addressing the frequency of probable DAWS (Rabinak-Nirenberg criteria) in PD patients.

EuroInf: a multicenter comparative observational study of apomorphine and levodopa infusion in Parkinson's disease.

Subcutaneous apomorphine infusion (Apo) and intrajejunal levodopa infusion (IJLI) are two treatment options for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) and refractory motor complications, with varying cost of treatment. There are no multicenter studies comparing the effects of the two strategies. This open-label, prospective, observational, 6-month, multicenter study compared 43 patients on Apo (48.

How Do I Examine Nonmotor Aspects of Parkinson's Disease? What Not to Miss and What to Ignore?

Nonmotor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease are a wide range of symptoms that occur well before the onset of the motor syndrome and are present right until the end of life. NMS could be classified to several types and broadly belong to dopaminergic, nondopaminergic, drug-induced subgroups and those related to motor response fluctuations. NMS are relatively under-recognized in clinical practice and can be rapidly assessed in the clinic by asking patients to complete the Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire (which can be downloaded from http://www.

Non-motor Parkinson's: integral to motor Parkinson's, yet often neglected.

Non-motor symptoms are a key component of Parkinson's disease, possibly representing a clinical biomarker of its premotor phase. The burden of non-motor symptoms can define a patient's health-related quality of life. Non-motor symptoms substantially increase the cost of care-requiring increased hospitalisation and treatment-and pose a major challenge to healthcare professionals.

Subcutaneous apomorphine and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.

Non-motor symptoms (NMS) are now recognized to occur across all stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) and as a result there has been an increasing focus on their diagnosis, quantification and effective management. While in some subjects, NMS may be present before diagnosis, in advanced PD, NMS can contribute to hospitalization, severe disability and a shortened life expectancy. Strategies for continuous drug delivery have been reported to have a beneficial effect on NMS in PD and while the efficacy of apomorphine on motor function in PD has been confirmed in a number of studies, in addition to its possible anti-dyskinetic effect, a number of reports have also outlined the possible beneficial effect of apomorphine on NMS.