Thread: Stalevo - Stumped
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Old 08-11-2009, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NicoleMC View Post
My mother in law has all the symptoms of PD but her MRI has said otherwise. Her neurologist had prescribed Stalevo prior to her having her MRI. Now that the results are back and have been read and do not show Parkinsons I am confused. The medication has worked wonders over the last 2 weeks. I have googled by brains out to find what Stalevo could possibly be used for other than PD. Can any one help?
well the thing that jumps out at me is that an MRI is NOT a diagnostic tool for diagnosis of PD. only a Fluoro-dopa isotope SPECT or PET scan is a recognised tool for diagnosis of PD.

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