Treating movement symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) from Medtronic safely and effectively manages tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson’s disease.1 It may be a therapeutic option for patients with recent or longer-standing motor complications.

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Benefits of Medtronic DBS

DBS helps control motor function and improves quality of life

  • Improves motor function and reduces medication for patients with recent or longer-standing motor complications1,2
  • Improves quality of life and activities of daily living for Parkinson’s patients with recent or longer-standing onset of motor complications1,2
  • Reduces medication and improves drug-related complications1
  • Offers the first safe† access to MRI anywhere on the body for diagnosing health conditions in patients with deep brain stimulation
  • Allows therapy to be turned off or reversed, preserving options for future therapies and treatments

Risks

Physicians should be aware that the risks associated with initial surgery may increase with clinical conditions such as:

  • Stroke or neurological disorders other than idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Renal or hepatic failure
  • Diabetes mellitus

To help ensure maximum benefits from the neurostimulation system, long-term, post-surgical management of patients is recommended. The use of Medtronic DBS therapy for Parkinson’s disease has been studied in five large, randomized control trials.

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Is your patient a candidate for DBS therapy?


Consider deep brain stimulation when a patient has:

  • Symptoms of levodopa-responsive Parkinson’s disease of at least four years’ duration that are not adequately controlled with medication
  • And motor complications of recent onset (from four months to three years) or motor complications of longer-standing duration

The safety and effectiveness of this therapy has not been established for patients:

  • With neurological disease origins other than idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
  • With a previous surgical ablation procedure
  • Who are pregnant
  • Under the age of 18 years
  • With dementia
  • With coagulopathies
  • With moderate to severe depression

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