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Ask The Doctor – Q & A Q. What is the maximum dose of Carbidopa/Levodopa that can be used...see more for PD? A. Carbidopa/levodopa doses vary significantly. The range can be from 300 mg/day to up to as much as 3,000 mg/day. To determine the right dose for you, you and your physician should discuss: What […]

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When telling people about your PD diagnosis, each conversation can bring...see more its own challenges.

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Look Closer: Meet Christine Christine’s determination and outgoing nature are obvious to everyone, and they make her a pillar of...see more strength for her friends and for her family, including her five children.

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, Jacksonville, Florida Your support helps APDA fund eight Centers for Advanced Research...see more across the United States, where some of the best scientists in the field are conducting cutting-edge investigations that are helping us understand what causes PD and how best to treat it, and ultimately getting us closer to a cure. 

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Spotlight on Dr. Giulietta Roboldi Giulietta Riboldi, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at the Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s...see more disease and Movement Disorders at NYU Langone Health, is the recipient of a 2018 APDA Post-Doctoral Fellowship for her work studying how mutations in a protein called glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutations lead to the development Parkinson’s disease (PD).

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