A domperidone dilemma: A patient’s perspective on ordering from Canada

Three years ago I received some of the best news of my life — that I have dopa-responsive dystonia. (Yes, a neuromuscular disorder was welcome news.) Painful, life-interrupting muscle contractions had made the dystonia diagnosis likely several years before, despite poor response to standard treatments, and I was fighting through graduate school: trying to compensate for medication-induced memory problems, increasing need to work from bed, and a disappearing social life. A visit to Mayo ended with the correct suggestion that I might respond to levodopa. In fact, I am among a small, perhaps 3 percent, group of dystonia patients whose symptoms almost disappear with it (and thus, am “dopa-responsive”). Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Meds Medications Neurology Source Type: blogs