A client with complaints of muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, and muscle tremors has been newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

A client with complaints of muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, and muscle tremors has been newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The client was started on carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet), an antiparkinsonian drug used for dopamine replacement. The client asks the nurse if this medication will cure their disease. Which of these would be the health care provider’s BEST response? The treatment goal is to relieve symptoms and maintain mobility. Sinemet will reduce your dopamine level and thereby lessen symptoms. An herbologist can best answer this question. Sinemet has been known to repair nerve ending damage.