A Five-Year Study of the Incidence of Dyskinesia in Patients with Early Parkinson's Disease Who Were Treated with Ropinirole or Levodopa

Rascol, Olivier; J. Brooks, David; D. Korczyn, Amos; Paul De Deyn, Peter; E Clarke, Carl; E. Lang, Anthony

doi:10.1056/nejm200005183422004

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A Five-Year Study of the Incidence of Dyskinesia in Patients with Early Parkinson's Disease Who Were Treated with Ropinirole or Levodopa

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • May 18, 2000

Authors:

Olivier Rascol

David J. Brooks

Amos D. Korczyn

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is debate about whether the initial treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease should be levodopa or a dopamine agonist. METHODS: In this prospective, randomized, double-blind study, we compared the safety and efficacy of the dopamine D2-receptor agonist ropinirole with that o...

Subject

Ropinirole

Levodopa

Dyskinesia

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