Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN : 0975-7384)

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Reviews: 2010 Vol: 2 Issue: 1

Role of Community Pharmacist Care and Management of Parkinsonism Disease

Abstract

The community pharmacist, being an important member of the healthcare team and society can make successful efforts to counsel the suffer and g uide him about this disease. Pharmacist is now becoming more patient oriented than product oriente d and have brought many changes in life of patients. Parkinson's disease is a movement disorde r caused by a shortage of a chemical (dopamine) in the brain. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is chronic and progressive, affecting that part of the brain that controls the movement of muscles. The most common form of parkinsonism is Idiopathic Parkinson ’s disease, which is termed thus since the cause is not known, whereas the cause is either kno wn or at least suspected in the other forms of Parkinson’s disease, such as Postencephalitic Parki nsonism, Drug-Induced Parkinsonism, Striatonigral Degeneration, Toxin-Induced Parkinson ism, Arteriosclerotic However, with modern advances in medicine, Parkinson’s disease ca n be treated quite effectively, compared to other serious neurological diseases. Basically, Par kinson’s disease symptoms are caused due to the degeneration of brain cells that produce dopami ne, particularly in the locus ceruleans and the substantia nigra. The role of community pharmacist needs to be realized not only for the healthcare system to perform better but also for th e development of pharmacy profession.