What effect will the Seroquel have on her Parkinsons symptoms?
Requip (also known as ropinirole) is a newer drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is thought to be caused by a reduction in the amount of a brain chemical called dopamine in a specific part of the brain responsible for fine movement. Requip works by making the available dopamine work better. Too much dopamine in other parts of the brain can cause symptoms, however. Hallucination is one of the side effects of all of the drugs that increase brain levels or activity of dopamine. One of the ways of treating side effects is to reduce the dose of the anti-Parkinson’s drug. But that may cause the symptoms of the disease to become more pronounced. Another way is to add a drug that inhibits the actions of dopamine in other parts of the brain. Antipsychotic drugs are usually used. Some of the antipsychotic drugs are thought to be better than others at targeting the parts of the brain responsible for the hallucinations. Seroquel (also known as quetiapine) is known as an atypical an
