Prevalence and treatment strategies of dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease

A study into the prevalence and treatment of dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients was performed with 380 PD specialists-completed interviews relating to PD and retrospectively completed 1900 patient record forms for patients with dyskinesia. Physicians reported, that 34% of their PD patients experience dyskinesia, 57% of dyskinetic PD patients were affected by moderately-to-completely disabling dyskinesia. Treatment of dyskinesia was looked upon as not satisfactory, fractionating of levodopa dose was used as first choice therapeutic option of dyskinesia.