Tips for managing PD medications

Every Parkinson’s disease (PD) medication has specific dosing instructions – the medication may need to be taken several times a day, at particular times, or before or after meals. These instructions are to ensure that the medication is working at its best. Therefore, it is very important to keep to the treatment schedule, without missing doses, as PD is a condition in which a small change in medication or timing can make a big difference to symptoms. In total, each person may need to take a combination of medications for PD, together with any medications that they are already taking for other conditions.

Follow the links to the left of this page for some practical ideas that may help to make managing medications easier when at home or out and about.

In addition, follow the link to the ‘Medication record’ to print off a chart for recording medication details. This can be useful as a personal reminder, as a help to the doctor, or as an aid to medical staff during a hospital stay – whether planned or emergency. It is important to include details of all medications, not just those that are being taken for PD.