Sunday, January 16, 2022

Parkinson's disease medication taper sequence mnemonic

 In Parkinson's disease, how do you taper off medications to reduce psychotic symptoms? This is a step 3 question.

To maintain the therapeutic effect, the least potent medications should be reduced or discontinued first:

Anticholinergics
Amantadine
MAO-Bi
COMT-i
Dopamine agonists
and lastly, the big gun --- carbidopa/levodopa!

Mnemonic:  Just remember your ABC's!

by Huzefa Bhopalwala

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