This video session, Parkinson's NSW specialist Nurse and clinical lead Rachael Mackinnon discusses advanced therapies for Parkinson's including Duodpoa.
Duodopa is a gel that goes through a pump and a tube into your gut (small intestine). In the gel there are two active substances:
• Levodopa.
• Carbidopa.
How Duodopa works
• In the body, levodopa is made into something called ‘dopamine’. This adds to the dopamine already in your brain and spinal cord. Dopamine helps transfer signals between nerve cells.
• Too little dopamine causes Parkinson’s disease signs like tremor, feeling stiff, slow movement, and problems keeping your balance.
• Treatment with levodopa increases the amount of dopamine in your body. This means it reduces these signs.
• Carbidopa improves the effect of levodopa. It also reduces the side effects of levodopa.
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