Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report

We describe a female patient with stable Parkinson's disease who has shown a marked worsening of her motor functions following therapy of menopause related symptoms with veralipride, as well as the improvement of her symptoms back to baseline after discontinuation of the drug. We emphasize the...

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Main Authors: Helio A. G. Teive, Daniel S. Sa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2001-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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description We describe a female patient with stable Parkinson's disease who has shown a marked worsening of her motor functions following therapy of menopause related symptoms with veralipride, as well as the improvement of her symptoms back to baseline after discontinuation of the drug. We emphasize the anti-dopaminergic effect of veralipride.
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spelling doaj-art-52a966b61a3d47769d5faeb53a62ff712025-08-20T03:19:19ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272001-03-0159112312410.1590/S0004-282X2001000100026Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case reportHelio A. G. Teive0Daniel S. Sa1Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáWe describe a female patient with stable Parkinson's disease who has shown a marked worsening of her motor functions following therapy of menopause related symptoms with veralipride, as well as the improvement of her symptoms back to baseline after discontinuation of the drug. We emphasize the anti-dopaminergic effect of veralipride.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000100026&tlng=enParkinson's diseasemenopauseveralipride
spellingShingle Helio A. G. Teive
Daniel S. Sa
Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Parkinson's disease
menopause
veralipride
title Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report
title_full Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report
title_fullStr Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report
title_full_unstemmed Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report
title_short Worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause: case report
title_sort worsening of parkinsonism after the use of veralipride for treatment of menopause case report
topic Parkinson's disease
menopause
veralipride
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000100026&tlng=en
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