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PAD Profile : Apomorphine hydrochloride - Parkinson's disease (challenge test)

Keywords :
PD
Brand Names Include :
APO-go, Dacepton

Traffic Light Status

Status 1 of 1.

Status :
Non Formulary
Formulations :
  • Not Specified
Trust Alignment :
Primary Care
ASPH
RSFT
SASH
SABP
Links :
BNF NICE SPC
NFD1
Comments :
No comments returned.
Documents :

Guidelines

No guidelines returned.

Other Drugs

Other Indications

Additional Documents

Type
Document
Review Date

Committee Recommendations

Date
Committee Name
Narrative
06 June 2018
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)

NICE issued a Do Not Do Recommendation in June 2006 (updated July 2017) which states:

"Acute levodopa and apomorphine challenge tests should not be used in the differential diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes."

Associated BNF Codes

04. Central Nervous System
04.09.01. Dopaminergic drugs used in parkinsonism
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