Pain
Musculoskeletal, dystonic, central and neuropathic pain in PD and their management.
State of the art
No update yet for Pain. An update is a standalone state-of-the-art for the topic — what someone with Parkinson's needs to know about where this approach stands today.
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Una tecnología para tratar el párkinson elimina el dolor a Inma, paciente con la "enfermedad del suicidio": "Es un cambio descomunal" - La Opinión de Málaga
This news report highlights the use of non-invasive focused ultrasound (HIFU) as a potential option for severe, treatment-resistant neuropathic pain — a symptom that significantly affects quality of life in Parkinson's and is frequently undertreated. The evidence here is a single patient case at one Spanish hospital, so no efficacy conclusions can be drawn, but it points to an emerging interest in applying HIFU to central and neuropathic pain targets beyond tremor. -
Vyalev eases motor, nonmotor symptoms in advanced Parkinson’s
The ROSSINI study found that Vyalev significantly reduced pain scores in advanced Parkinson's patients after six months, one of the few real-world datasets to document a nonmotor benefit of continuous subcutaneous levodopa infusion on pain specifically.