Preoperative Assessment of Adult Patients for Intracranial Surgery

Table 5

Medical therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

Drugs	Side effects
Dopamine agonist
Bromocriptine,  Carbegoline,	Nausea/vomiting,
Ramipraxole, Ropinirole	Delusions/hallucinations,
	Hypotension, Dysrhythmias
Dopamine precursors
Levodopa, Carbidopa,  Sinemet	Similar to Dopamine Agonist
Anticholinergics
Benzotropine	Confusion/hallucination,
	Sedation/drowsiness, Dry mouth,
	Urinary retention
MAOI-B inhibitors
Selegiline	Diarrhea