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EMQs in Clinical Medicine.pdf - Peshawar Medical College

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Treatment of Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease 87<br />

41 Treatment of Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease<br />

A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

D<br />

E<br />

F<br />

G<br />

clozap<strong>in</strong>e<br />

thalamotomy<br />

bromocript<strong>in</strong>e<br />

ondansetron<br />

carbidopa<br />

metoclopramide<br />

benzhexol<br />

H<br />

I<br />

J<br />

K<br />

L<br />

M<br />

apomorph<strong>in</strong>e<br />

nortriptyl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

domperidone<br />

amantad<strong>in</strong>e<br />

entacapone<br />

haloperidol<br />

For each cl<strong>in</strong>ical scenario below, suggest the most appropriate management. Each<br />

option may be used only once.<br />

1 Improvement of tremor <strong>in</strong> a 70-year-old patient with Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease on<br />

treatment with levodopa.<br />

2 Control of vomit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a patient be<strong>in</strong>g treated for Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease.<br />

3 A 65-year-old man with Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease cannot tolerate levodopa-based<br />

therapy despite careful titration.<br />

4 A patient on therapy for Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease requires urgent treatment for acute<br />

psychosis.<br />

5 A 75-year-old man with severe Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease with symptoms that rema<strong>in</strong><br />

uncontrolled on maximum oral therapy.<br />

Answers: see page 104.

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