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#370 Parkinson’s Disease for Primary Care with Dr. Albert Hung

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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Levodopa - Enterol Gel?

The best way that you can guarantee sort of a steady level is to deliver the medication in a steady way. So there is a intestinal gel form that's given through a GJ tube. For patients who have significant fluctuations and aren't a candidate for DBS surgery, that is an option. There's actually a newer form that is currently being reviewed by the FDA which is a subcutaneous form.

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