Parkinson's disease management: Towards a new paradigm

Over the past decade, management of Parkinson's disease has changed signifi cantly due to the expansion of medical and surgical treatment modalities. N eurologists now have the ability (and the challenge) of choosing from multi ple medications to devise an individual management strategy for each patien t depending on his/her clinical symptoms and needs. Several different surgi cal therapies are also available. The topics covered in this supplement hav e highlighted the new options that are now available, as well as the treatm ents that have been in clinical usage. This review attempts to synthesize t he information that is currently available in an attempt to help clinical n eurologists make the appropriate choice for their patients.