[Vestibular vertigo in hemispheric strokes].

The literature on cases of hemispheric stroke manifesting with acute vertigo is reviewed. The authors describe a 56-year-old patient with recurrent acute vestibular syndrome due to hemispheric ischemic stroke. Imaging study revealed ischemic stroke with lesions in a parietal-occipital region of the left hemisphere.

[Possibilities using prolonged release dopamine receptor agonists in elderly and old age].

Treatment efficacy of Parkinson's disease has been essentially improved due to the introduction of dopamine receptors agonists to clinical practice. However, these drugs are not recommended to patients over 70 years because of the high probability of side-effects that significantly reduce therapeutic opportunities in elderly patients. It is known, that many dopaminergic side-effects are due to unstable and high peak concentrations of drugs.

[The use of the Sinemet-CR preparation in treating Parkinson's disease].

Sinemet-CR is manufactured by "Merck, Sharp and Dohme" firm (USA). It is represented the tablet form of drug that consists of levodopa (200 mg) and carbidopa (50 mg) on polymeric basis. This basis is dissolved gradually in small intestine providing prolonged drug's action.