Supporting Your Loved One with Parkinson's Disease

As a caregiver for a patient with Parkinson’s disease (PD), you may share in decisions about your loved one’s approach to disease management, seek information on his or her behalf, attend doctor appointments, or help with day-to-day activities. In this role, there are some important things you can do to impact your loved one’s health and well-being, as well as your own.

To help you get started, we have developed Staying Balanced: A Guide to Supporting Your Loved One with Parkinson’s Disease. This brochure will help you understand Parkinson's disease and your role as caregiver and provide you with a wealth of information and resources to help care for your loved one — and yourself.


Click here to view, download, and print the Staying Balanced Guide.

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AZILECT (rasagiline tablets) is indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) both as initial therapy alone and to be added to levodopa later in the disease.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT AZILECT

Do not take Azilect if you are taking meperidine as it could result in a serious reaction such as coma or death. Also, do not take Azilect with tramadol, methadone, propoxyphene, dextromethophran, St. John’s wort, or cyclobenzaprine. You also should not take Azilect with other monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).

Inform your physician if you are taking, or planning to take, any prescription or over-the-counter drugs, especially antidepressants and ciprofloxacin. If you have moderate to severe liver disease, you should not take Azilect. You should not exceed a dose of 1 mg per day of Azilect in order to prevent a possibly dangerous increase in blood pressure. All PD patients should be monitored for melanoma (skin cancer) on a regular basis.

Side effects seen with Azilect alone are flu syndrome, joint pain, depression, and indigestion: and when taken with levodopa are uncontrolled movements (dyskinesia), accidental injury, weight loss, low blood pressure when standing, vomiting, anorexia, joint pain, abdominal pain, nausea, constipation, dry mouth, rash, abnormal dreams, and fall.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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