The treatment will mean many people no longer needing to take more than 20 pills across the day.
Nearly 1,000 people with advanced Parkinson's disease are to benefit from a new treatment that involves wearing a portable kit 24 hours day.
It works by turning foslevodopa into the chemical dopamine, which helps transmit messages between the parts of the brain and nerves that control movement.The infusion enters the patient's bloodstream through a cannula under the skin and is controlled by a small, automatic pump, releasing a steady flow of the treatment 24 hours a day to stay on top of symptoms.
"We hope it will help nearly 1,000 patients to manage their symptoms more effectively and go about their day with a better quality of life." "And I would frequently wake in the middle of the night with internal tremors and take more tablets, but this pump just keeps running through the night. "At night, I was normally not able to turn over in bed, or get up for the toilet, and if I did manage it, I was at risk of falls," he said.
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