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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.
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