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The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All?
The discovery of levodopa in the late 60 s of twentieth century was a ‘golden moment’ for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Unfortunately, clinical experience showed that some symptoms escaped from symptomatic control, and long-term complications developed. Back then, neurologists coined the ter...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10200180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36847018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-225064 |
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author | Alonso-Canovas, Araceli Voeten, Jos Gifford, Larry Thomas, Omotola Lees, Andrew J. Bloem, Bastiaan R. |
author_facet | Alonso-Canovas, Araceli Voeten, Jos Gifford, Larry Thomas, Omotola Lees, Andrew J. Bloem, Bastiaan R. |
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description | The discovery of levodopa in the late 60 s of twentieth century was a ‘golden moment’ for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Unfortunately, clinical experience showed that some symptoms escaped from symptomatic control, and long-term complications developed. Back then, neurologists coined the term “honeymoon period” for the early phase of uncomplicated response to levodopa, and it continues to be used in scientific literature. However, medical terms are no longer restricted to professionals, and few people with PD relate to the notion of a “honeymoon”. We examine the reasons why this term, once helpful, but inaccurate and inappropriate, should be abandoned. |
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spelling | pubmed-102001802023-05-22 The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? Alonso-Canovas, Araceli Voeten, Jos Gifford, Larry Thomas, Omotola Lees, Andrew J. Bloem, Bastiaan R. J Parkinsons Dis Commentary The discovery of levodopa in the late 60 s of twentieth century was a ‘golden moment’ for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Unfortunately, clinical experience showed that some symptoms escaped from symptomatic control, and long-term complications developed. Back then, neurologists coined the term “honeymoon period” for the early phase of uncomplicated response to levodopa, and it continues to be used in scientific literature. However, medical terms are no longer restricted to professionals, and few people with PD relate to the notion of a “honeymoon”. We examine the reasons why this term, once helpful, but inaccurate and inappropriate, should be abandoned. IOS Press 2023-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10200180/ /pubmed/36847018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-225064 Text en © 2023 – The authors. Published by IOS Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Alonso-Canovas, Araceli Voeten, Jos Gifford, Larry Thomas, Omotola Lees, Andrew J. Bloem, Bastiaan R. The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? |
title | The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? |
title_full | The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? |
title_fullStr | The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? |
title_full_unstemmed | The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? |
title_short | The Early Treatment Phase in Parkinson’s Disease: Not a Honeymoon for All, Not a Honeymoon at All? |
title_sort | early treatment phase in parkinson’s disease: not a honeymoon for all, not a honeymoon at all? |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10200180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36847018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-225064 |
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