Drug Induced Parkinsonism As It Compares With Parkinson Disease

Drug-induced Parkinsonism is associated primarily with several psychiatric medicines, notably, anti-psychotic medications, lithium and more.The reversibility of the condition depends on the patient's capacity to give up the drug consumption, without major withdrawal effects.Drug-related Parkinsonism shares several features with Parkinson disease.These belong to one of two categories of signs and symptoms: they may have motor or non-motors characteristics.Both categories may present similar symptoms and show different traits, but the clinical featuresdiffer.Using imaging and a brain scan, diagnosis of Parkinson disease isachievable by [ 18 F]F-DOPA/PET-CT that is positive by contrast with that of normal individuals.No such contrasted figure has been displayed regarding drug-induced parkinsonism.It is assumed that the course of Parkinson disease should prevail over the drug-associated type.A case is hereby reported, that displays the fortuitous occurrence of a drug-induced parkinsonism which may be more consistent with Parkinson disease.