Clinical Corner: Parkinson's Disease
News
CPG Table Revised due to Drug Recall
On March 29th, 2007 there was a voluntary market withdrawal of Permax (Pergolide) in the U.S. and worldwide due to safety concerns of an increased risk of cardiovascular events
Note: This drug is mentioned in Table 13 on page 18 only of the AMDA Clinical Practice Guideline — Parkinson's Disease in the Long-Term Care Setting. This page of the table has been revised and is available on http://www.cpgnews.org/PD/updates.cfm.
Articles
Balancing Act (Caring for the Ages, September 2004)
Common Neurologic Disorders in LTC: Part 1 (Caring for the Ages, August 2004)
A Parkinson Disease Primer (Caring for the Ages, July 2003)
Don't Overlook Neuropsychiatric Problems in Parkinson's Disease, Urge Researchers
(Caring for the Ages, June 2002)
Tools and Resources
Clinical Practice Guideline News: Parkinson's Disease
Reference Bibliography
Education & CME Programs
Parkinson's Disease in the Long Term Care Setting (AMDA self-study CME program released August 2010)
Products & Publications
Parkinson's Disease (AMDA Clinical Practice Guideline Revised 2010)
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