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Ask The Doctor – Q & A Q. What is the maximum dose of Carbidopa/Levodopa that can be used...see more for PD? A. Carbidopa/levodopa doses vary significantly. The range can be from 300 mg/day to up to as much as 3,000 mg/day. To determine the right dose for you, you and your physician should discuss: What […]

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When telling people about your PD diagnosis, each conversation can bring...see more its own challenges.

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Look Closer: Meet Christine Christine’s determination and outgoing nature are obvious to everyone, and they make her a pillar of...see more strength for her friends and for her family, including her five children.

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, Jacksonville, Florida Your support helps APDA fund eight Centers for Advanced Research...see more across the United States, where some of the best scientists in the field are conducting cutting-edge investigations that are helping us understand what causes PD and how best to treat it, and ultimately getting us closer to a cure. 

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Spotlight on Dr. Giulietta Roboldi Giulietta Riboldi, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at the Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s...see more disease and Movement Disorders at NYU Langone Health, is the recipient of a 2018 APDA Post-Doctoral Fellowship for her work studying how mutations in a protein called glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutations lead to the development Parkinson’s disease (PD).

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Marijuana & PD While the medications that doctors prescribe for PD can be helpful, there remain gaps in what the...see more medications can treat. Some people with PD are eager to find alternative methods to help their symptoms and look into whether other therapies, such as medical marijuana, also known as medical cannabis, can be useful.

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