Table 1.
Guidelines for treatment of Parkinson’s disease
| Ensure correct diagnosis |
| Determine level of motor, mental, sensory, autonomic and other impairments |
| Educate the patient about the disease and importance of mental and motor activity |
| Consider putative neuroprotective agent(s) |
| Select the most appropriate symptomatic therapy, targeted to the most troublesome symptoms |
| Consider surgery (DBS) in patients who are levodopa-responsive but their levodopa-related motor complications cannot be managed adequately with medication adjustments |
| Therapy must be customized and tailored to the individual needs of the patient |
Abbreviation: DBS, deep brain stimulation.