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This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care reviews the economic and quality of life burden associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The rationale behind the early diagnosis and treatment of PD is also discussed, with a focus on recognition of nonmotor symptoms of PD and the implications for early therapeutic intervention.This supplement was supported by UCB, Inc.
FacultyDeborah F. Boland, DO, MSPT
Fellow
Movement Disorders Center
Division of Neurology
Department of Medicine
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Daniel L. Murman, MD, MS, FAAN
Director of Behavioral and Geriatric Neurology Program
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Fernando L. Pagán, MD
Director of Movement Disorders Program
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
Mark Stacy, MD
Professor of Neurology
Vice Dean for Clinical Research
Division of Neurology
Department of Medicine
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Disclosures
These faculty report relationships with the following organizations:
Fernando L. Pagán, MD
Consultant/advisory board: Allergan, Avanir, GlaxoSmithKline, Ipsen, Medtronic, Teva Neuroscience, US WorldMeds
Grants: Medtronic, Teva Neuroscience
Mark Stacy, MD
Consultant: Allergan, Chelsea, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Merz, Neuronova, Novartis, Noven, Osmotica, SK Life Sciences, Teva, UCB Grant/research support: Ceregene, IMPAX, Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Novartis, Parkinson Study Group
Protocol steering committee: Allergan, EMD Serono, Teva
Royalties: Informa Press (publisher of Handbook of Dystonia)
Safety monitoring board: Neurologix
Deborah F. Boland, DO, MSPT, and Daniel L. Murman, MD, MS, FAAN, report no relationship or financial interest with any entity that would pose a conflict of interest with the subject matter of this supplement.
Signed disclosures are on file at the office of The American Journal of Managed Care, Plainsboro, New Jersey.
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