At theDimiccoli Neurology Operational Unit of Barletta, in recent days, the first Levodopa treatment by subcutaneous infusion to a 75-year-old patient being treated in the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic led by doctors Maria Stella Aniello e Sarah Idrissi. Parkinson’s is among the most widespread neurodegenerative diseases and affects approximately 6 million people worldwide. In Italy there are estimated to be over 300 thousand cases, of which approximately 20 thousand in Puglia. It is a complex pathology which is characterized by tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with balance.
The implant is the most innovative that exists for the treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease, as it allows us to overcome the obstacle represented by dyskinesias and sudden motor blocks that patients often present after many years of oral therapy. Furthermore, the subcutaneous infusion allows continuous administration of Levodopa which guarantees stable control of symptoms. “Although oral therapy is the most widely used and well-known way to treat Parkinson’s disease – explains the doctor. Maurizio Giorelli, director of the Dimiccoli Neurology Unit – the continuous subcutaneous infusion of Levodopa, via hydraulic pump, is totally painless, well tolerated and not at all invasive. It allows those patients in whom oral therapy is no longer effective or burdened by too many complications to return to a normal life. The objective of this new therapeutic strategy, which we now also have in ASL Bt, is to try to significantly improve the quality of life of our patients”.
“We are very satisfied that this treatment, authorized in Italy in 2024, is now available in our healthcare company – comments the General Director of ASL Bt Tiziana Dimatteo – also representing a further step forward for the Neurology Unit and the Parkinson’s Disease Clinic at Dimiccoli in Barletta”.
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