TY - JOUR
T1 - LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF PARKINSONISM WITH BROMOCRIPTINE
AU - Calne, Donald B.
AU - Williams, Adrian C.
AU - Neophytides, Andreas
AU - Plotkin, Charles
AU - Nutt, John G.
AU - Teychenne, Paul F.
PY - 1978/4/8
Y1 - 1978/4/8
N2 - 92 patients with parkinsonism have been treated with bromocriptine for up to 30 months. 48 continue to receive bromocriptine with benefit; of these, 35 take bromocriptine (mean dose 53 mg daily) in combination with levodopa and 13 take bromocriptine (mean dose 45 mg daily) without levodopa. In those who were originally on levodopa, addition of bromocriptine allowed a mean 41% reduction in the dose of levodopa; the largest group of patients to benefit from bromocriptine entered the study because of excessive dyskinesia or "on-off" phenomena induced by levodopa. In 40 patients bromocriptine was stopped because of adverse reactions, absence of therapeutic response, or non-compliance with the protocol. The main problems were psychiatric disturbance (8 patients) and erythromelalgia (7 patients); these effects tended to occur late (mean 6 months and 10 months, respectively) and with high dosage (mean 66 mg and 115 mg daily). Other fre quent adverse effects were dizziness and nausea; these began considerably earlier (at 2 months and 1 month) and with much lower dosage (31 mg and 12 mg daily). 4 patients died, for reasons apparently unrelated to therapy.
AB - 92 patients with parkinsonism have been treated with bromocriptine for up to 30 months. 48 continue to receive bromocriptine with benefit; of these, 35 take bromocriptine (mean dose 53 mg daily) in combination with levodopa and 13 take bromocriptine (mean dose 45 mg daily) without levodopa. In those who were originally on levodopa, addition of bromocriptine allowed a mean 41% reduction in the dose of levodopa; the largest group of patients to benefit from bromocriptine entered the study because of excessive dyskinesia or "on-off" phenomena induced by levodopa. In 40 patients bromocriptine was stopped because of adverse reactions, absence of therapeutic response, or non-compliance with the protocol. The main problems were psychiatric disturbance (8 patients) and erythromelalgia (7 patients); these effects tended to occur late (mean 6 months and 10 months, respectively) and with high dosage (mean 66 mg and 115 mg daily). Other fre quent adverse effects were dizziness and nausea; these began considerably earlier (at 2 months and 1 month) and with much lower dosage (31 mg and 12 mg daily). 4 patients died, for reasons apparently unrelated to therapy.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(78)90856-5
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(78)90856-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 76747
AN - SCOPUS:0018134807
VL - 311
SP - 735
EP - 738
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
SN - 0140-6736
IS - 8067
ER -