Clinical Study

Medication Responsiveness of Motor Symptoms in a Population-Based Study of Parkinson Disease

Table 2

Medications ( ).

Medication status (%)Daily dosage (mg) mean (SD)

Levodopa only67 (34.9)
 Carbidopa/levodopa43 (22.3)513.9 (254.6)
 Carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet CR or XR)18 (9.3)500.0 (205.8)
Levodopa and any other medication108 (56.3)
 Pramipexole46 (23.8)2.3 (1.7)
 Ropinirole33 (17.1)7.3 (6.9)
 Bromocryptine2 (1.0)2.5 (0.0)
 Carbidopa/levodopa80 (41.5)557.6 (307.2)
 Carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet CR or XR)37 (19.2)585.1 (296.9)
 Amantadine11 (5.7)227.3 (46.7)
 Trihexyphenidyl4 (2.1)5.5 (3.4)
 Entacapone23 (11.9)747.8 (219.2)
Dopamine agonists without levodopa17 (8.9)
 Pramipexole10 (5.2)2.4 (1.4)
 Ropinirole7 (3.6)8.6 (4.7)