Medications for Movement Disorders

These are drugs that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), meaning they have been determined to be safe and effective for use in Movement Disorders.

Found 32 Approved Drugs for Movement Disorders

OnabotulinumtoxinA

Brand Names
Jeuveau, Dysport, Botox, Xeomin, Daxxify

OnabotulinumtoxinA

Brand Names
Jeuveau, Dysport, Botox, Xeomin, Daxxify
DYSPORT is an acetylcholine release inhibitor and a neuromuscular blocking agent indicated for: The treatment of cervical dystonia in adults.

Pramipexole

Generic Name
Pramipexole

Pramipexole

Generic Name
Pramipexole
PRAMIPEXOLE DIHYDROCHLORIDE tablets is a non-ergot dopamine agonist indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD).

Selegiline

Brand Names
EMSAM, Zelapar

Selegiline

Brand Names
EMSAM, Zelapar
Selegiline capsules, USP are indicated as an adjunct in the management of Parkinsonian patients being treated with levodopa/carbidopa who exhibit deterioration in the quality of their response to this therapy. There is no evidence from controlled studies that selegiline has any beneficial effect in the absence of concurrent levodopa therapy. Evidence supporting this claim was obtained in randomized controlled clinical investigations that compared the effects of added selegiline or placebo in patients receiving levodopa/carbidopa. Selegiline was significantly superior to placebo on all three principal outcome measures employed: change from baseline in daily levodopa/carbidopa dose, the amount of 'off' time, and patient self-rating of treatment success. Beneficial effects were also observed on other measures of treatment success (e.g., measures of reduced end of dose akinesia, decreased tremor and sialorrhea, improved speech and dressing ability and improved overall disability as assessed by walking and comparison to previous state).

Ropinirole

Generic Name
Ropinirole

Ropinirole

Generic Name
Ropinirole
Parkinson’s Disease Ropinirole tablets are indicated for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

Penicillamine

Brand Names
Aagylur, Depen, Cuprimine

Penicillamine

Brand Names
Aagylur, Depen, Cuprimine
CUPRIMINE is indicated in the treatment of Wilson's disease, cystinuria, and in patients with severe, active rheumatoid arthritis who have failed to respond to an adequate trial of conventional therapy. Available evidence suggests that CUPRIMINE is not of value in ankylosing spondylitis. Wilson's Disease Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) occurs in individuals who have inherited an autosomal-recessive defect that leads to an accumulation of copper far in excess of metabolic requirements. The excess copper is deposited in several organs and tissues, and eventually produces pathological effects primarily in the liver, where damage progresses to postnecrotic cirrhosis, and in the brain, where degeneration is widespread. Copper is also deposited as characteristic, asymptomatic, golden-brown Kayser-Fleischer rings in the corneas of all patients with cerebral symptomatology and some patients who are either asymptomatic or manifest only hepatic symptomatology. Two types of patients require treatment for Wilson's disease: the symptomatic, and the asymptomatic in whom it can be assumed the disease will develop in the future if the patient is not treated. The diagnosis, if suspected on the basis of family or individual history or physical examination, can be confirmed if the plasma copper-protein ceruloplasmin** is less than 20 mg/dL and either a quantitative determination in a liver biopsy specimen shows an abnormally high concentration of copper (greater than 250 mcg/g dry weight) or Kayser-Fleischer rings are present. Treatment has two objectives: 1) to minimize dietary intake of copper; 2) to promote excretion and complex formation (i.e., detoxification) of excess tissue copper. The first objective is attained by a daily diet that contains no more than 1 or 2 mg of copper. Such a diet should exclude, most importantly, chocolate, nuts, shellfish, mushrooms, liver, molasses, broccoli, and cereals and dietary supplements enriched with copper, and be composed to as great an extent as possible of foods with a low copper content. Distilled or demineralized water should be used if the patient's drinking water contains more than.
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