Pharmacology – DRUGS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE (MADE EASY)

Antiparkinson drugs are medications used to deal with the symptoms of Parkinson’s illness.
The majority of these representatives act by either enhancing dopamine activity or decreasing acetylcholine task in the main worried system. This pharmacology lecture covers subjects such as pathophysiology of Parkinson’s substantia, condition as well as striatum nigra, duty of acetylcholine, dopamine, and gaba, MAO-B as well as COMT metabolic process, system of activity and side results of antiparkinson drugs. Drugs pointed out consist of; Levodopa, Carbidopa, Entacapone, Selegiline, Rasagiline, Bromocriptine, Ropinirole, Pramipexole, Rotigotine, Apomorphine, Benztropine, Biperiden, Procyclidine, Trihexyphenidyl, and Amantadine.

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0:00 Pathophysiology of Parkinson’s condition.
2:03 Dopaminergic nerve cell.
3:34 Antiparkinson drugs – mechanism of activity.
8:14 Side effects.