Levodopa-induced dyskinesia in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease with dementia

Pierpaolo Turcano, Cole D. Stang, James H. Bower, J. Eric Ahlskog, Bradley F. Boeve, Michelle M. Mielke, Rodolfo Savica

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Abstract

ObjectiveTo investigate the frequency of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLBs) and Parkinson disease with dementia (PDD) and compare these frequencies with patients with incident Parkinson disease (PD) through a population-based cohort study.MethodsWe identified all patients with DLB, PDD, and PD without dementia in a 1991-2010 population-based parkinsonism-incident cohort, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. We abstracted information about levodopa-induced dyskinesia. We compared patients with DLB and PDD with dyskinesia with patients with PD from the same cohort.ResultsLevodopa use and dyskinesia data were available for 141/143 (98.6%) patients with a diagnosis of either DLB or PDD; 87 (61.7%), treated with levodopa. Dyskinesia was documented in 12.6% (8 DLB and 3 PDD) of levodopa-treated patients. Among these patients, median parkinsonism diagnosis age was 74 years (range: 64-80 years); 63.6%, male. The median interval from levodopa initiation to dyskinesia onset was 2 years (range: 3 months-4 years); the median daily levodopa dosage was 600 mg (range: 50-1,600 mg). Dyskinesia severity led to levodopa adjustments in 5 patients, and all improved. Patients with dyskinesia were diagnosed with parkinsonism at a significantly younger age compared with patients without dyskinesia (p < 0.001). Levodopa dosage was unrelated to increased risk of dyskinesias among DLB and PDD. In contrast, 30.1% of levodopa-treated patients with PD developed dyskinesia. In age-, sex-, and levodopa dosage-adjusted models, Patients with DLB and PDD each had lower odds of developing dyskinesia than patients with PD (odds ratio = 0.42, 95% CI 0.21-0.88; p = 0.02).ConclusionsThe dyskinesia risk for levodopa-treated patients with DLB or PDD was substantially less than for levodopa-treated patients with PD.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)156-161
Number of pages6
JournalNeurology: Clinical Practice
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology

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