The nation-wide collaborative study on the bromocriptine monotherapy and bromocriptine-levodopa combination therapy was completed in November 1990, and the results were reported during the symposium on the Long-Term Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease held in Tokyo in October 1991. The author briefly reviewed the history of treatment of Parkinson’s disease, and current and future trends in its drug therapy as an introductory remark. The personal view on the principle of drug treatment for parkinsonian patients is the judicious concomitant use of several different classes of anti-parkinsonian drugs, including levodopa, dopamine agonists, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, anticholinergics, and amantadine HC1 utilizing the smallest effective dose for each drug. The treatment of Parkinson’s disease seems to be moving slowly from mere symptomatic therapy to the one which is aiming the protection of nigral cells. Recent progress in this field is also briefly reviewed.

Keywords:
Parkinson’s disease, Treatment, Levodopa, Bromocriptine, Dopamine agonist
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© 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel
1992
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