What are the potential psychiatric side effects of initiating levodopa therapy in patients with parkinsonism who also have severe anxiety or borderline psychotic symptoms?
Initiating levodopa therapy in patients with parkinsonism may exacerbate psychiatric symptoms, especially those with severe anxiety or borderline psychosis, necessitating close monitoring and potential dose adjustments.
Authors
- Tripdatabase
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24083517
- Primary Topic
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00