Q: What are the Side Effects of Dopamine in the Treatment of Se
asked by:DoctorQuestion on January 31st, 2006
side effects of dopamine, what are they?
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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov
, MD
replied on February 16th, 2006
General Q&A Answer A338
Segawa’s dystonia is a special type of Dopamine-responsive dystonia (DRD). Dopamine treats this disease but it can’t be used directly; dopamine can’t enter the brain. Instead, the medication Levo-DOPA (L-DOPA) enters the brain and transforms into dopamine in the brain cells. The side effects of L-DOPA are loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, hypotension, unlikely movements (dyskinesia) and mental side effects (anxiety, depression, insomnia, somnolence, confusion). All these side effects can be reduced by using L-DOPA a carboxilasa-inhibitor. Further, the side effects are redcuted with temporary cessation of the medicine (“a drug holiday”).
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