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CLINICAL NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
卷 23, 期 1, 页码 28-33出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200001000-00006
关键词
Parkinson's disease; levodopa; tolerance
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in long-term levodopa therapy often complain of worsening of motor symptoms in the afternoon and evening. The pathophysiology of this phenomenon is not known. We evaluated the motor response to repeated doses of levodopa during a 12-hour period in 52 parkinsonian patients (19 de novo, 20 stable, and 13 wearing-off). On the day of the study, all patients received standard doses of levodopa/carbidopa at 8:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, and 4:00 p.m. Motor measurements such as lapping test, walking time, and tremor score, and blood samples for levodopa and 3-O-methyldopa (30MD) plasma analysis, were performed hourly. Mean motor scores and pharmacokinetic data, evaluated for a period of 3 hours after each levodopa dose, were compared. In de novo patients, we did not observe diurnal changes in motor score, whereas a progressive daytime worsening was visible in stable and wearing-off patients. No significant difference in levodopa pharmacokinetics after each levodopa dose was observed within each patient group, whereas 30MD plasma levels significantly increased with repeated levodopa administrations. However, no significant correlation between motor scores and 30MD plasma levels was observed, suggesting that the diminishing motor response to afternoon and evening doses of levodopa in patients in long-term levodopa therapy does nor relate to the pharmacokinetics of the drug. It is possible that this phenomenon may be an expression of the occurrence of tolerance to repeated doses of levodopa.
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