Watch for Patients on the Parkinson's Med Nourianz
Istradefylline (Nourianz, NUR-ee-anz) will be the first NON-dopaminergic "adenosine antagonist" for Parkinson's disease.
It's a once-daily add-on for "off" episodes...when scheduled carbidopa/levodopa wears off between doses and symptoms (rigidity, tremor, etc) return, especially as Parkinson's progresses.
But istradefylline doesn't seem to reduce "off" time more than dopaminergic add-ons...COMT inhibitors (entacapone, etc), dopamine agonists (pramipexole, etc), or MAO-B inhibitors (rasagiline, etc).
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