Dementia with Lewy Body and Parkinson's Disease Patients
Patient, Family, and Clinician Working Together for Better Outcomes
Dr. J. Eric Ahlskog, MD, PhD
Table of Contents
Preface
Glossary
Chapter 1. Background
Chapter 2. What is known about the cause
Chapter 3. Are there medications for slowing the progression?
Chapter 4. Defining the problems that require individualized treatment
Treatment Chapters
Levodopa-responsive problems
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Chapter 5. Which drug for Parkinsonism? Walking, stiffness, tremor, slowness
Chapter 6. Using carbidopa/levodopa to treat parkinsonism
Chapter 7. Parkinsonism treatment among those already on medications
Chapter 8. Unstable responses and dyskinesias: later motor problems
Chapter 9. Other levodopa-responsive problems: anxiety, pain, insomnia
Problems exacerbated by Parkinson medications
Chapter 10. Hallucinations, delusions
Chapter 11. Pathological behaviors provoked by dopamine agonist drugs: gambling, sex, eating, spending
Cognitive problems
Chapter 12. Confusion, impaired thinking, judgment
Dysautonomia: blood pressure, bladder, bowels
Chapter 13. Blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension: faints, near-faints and lightheadedness
Chapter 14. Bladder problems
Chapter 15. Bowels and constipation
Other sleep problems
Chapter 16. Daytime drowsiness
Chapter 17. Acting out dreams: REM sleep behavior disorder
More general issues
Chapter 18. Depression
Chapter 19. General medical issues
Chapter 20. Importance of regular exercise
Chapter 21. Hospitalization and nursing facilities: Keeping everyone on the same page
Chapter 22. Families, caregivers, assistance
