Title:Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Current Treatments and Recent
Therapeutic Developments
Volume: 20
Issue: 5
Author(s): Ankita Wal, Pranay Wal*, Himangi Vig, Nem Kumar Jain, Shruti Rathore, Karthickeyan Krishnan and Ashish Srivastava
Affiliation:
- Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Department of Pharmacy, NH2 Kanpur Agra Highway Bhauti, Kanpur,
208011, UP, India
Keywords:
DA agonists, dual D2/5-HT1A receptor agonists, selective D1 receptor agonists, immunotherapy, deep brain stimulation, neural transplant.
Abstract:
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative syndrome defined by a variety
of motor, cognitive, and psychomotor dysfunctions. The current pharmaceutical treatment focuses
on treating the condition's symptoms. They are primarily concerned with reducing illness symptoms or
avoiding dopamine metabolism. As our understanding of disease pathogenesis improves, new therapeutic
approaches emerge.
Objective: This article aims to describe the standard Parkinson's medications based on symptoms and
requirements. It emphasizes recent advancements in symptomatic therapy for motor indications and
achievements in the research and clinical testing of medicines that promise to enable disease modification
in patients with already-manifest PD.
Methods: Information for this paper was found by looking through Google Scholar and reading several
research and review articles from Bentham Science, Science Direct, Elsevier, Frontiers, Taylor &
Francis, and other publishers.
Result: Parkinson's disease therapeutic interventions are now limited to symptomatic therapy, mostly
in dopaminergic medications and deep brain stimulation (DBS). They have the potential to deliver
great therapeutic progress, yet they can also have serious drawbacks that decrease a patient's quality of
life. The progress of pluripotent stem cell therapies and genome engineering procedures has sparked
renewed hope for the treatment of a wide range of human illnesses, particularly genetic abnormalities.
Conclusion: The current Parkinson's therapy trends are successful and continually evolving, with several
drugs currently undergoing clinical trials. As these new therapies constantly coming out and can
be used together, they will likely change how Parkinson's disease is treated in the coming years.