THE PATIENTS’ PERSPECTIVE: RESULTS OF A SURVEY ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DEPRESSION IN PD

The patients’ perspective: Results of a survey assessing knowledge about and attitudes toward depression in PD

Irene Hegeman Richard1, Kori A LaDonna1, Rosanne Hartman2, Carol Podgorski1, Roger Kurlan1, SAD-PD Study Group31University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA; 2Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, USA; 3Please see Appendix for members of the SAD-PD Study GroupAbstract: We report results of a survey assessing patients&rs

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Alcohol inhibits the metabolism of dimethyl fumarate to the active metabolite responsible for decreasing relapse frequency in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is a first-line prodrug for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) that is completely metabolized to monomethyl fumarate (MMF), the active metabolite, before reaching the systemic circulation.Its metabolism has been proposed to be due to ubiquitous esterases in the intestines and other tissues, but th

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