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A member asked:
For a parkionson patient with dbs - what are the indications that your body needs more dophamine via sinemet (carbidopa and levodopa)?
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See neurologist!: This is a very specialized question and the answer is not a simple one DBS is carried out on patients who originally rsspoded to DOPAMINE but after a number of years with increasing dosage started to get complication of the drugs as well as reduced efficacy It cannot be dealt with with a one size fits all answer
Answered 12/4/2014
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