How do you manage levodopa in a patient with Parkinson's and RLS with augmentation?
Does levodopa have the same risk of worsening augmentation in PD patients?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Levodopa is known to cause augmentation or worsening or restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms (Högl et al., PMID 19756826). There are varying reports of RLS correlation with Parkinson disease (PD) with most studies noting an association (Ondo et al., PMID 11890847; Peralta et al., PMID 19691124;...