This is about medication side effects.
First, I want to be clear that my mom is following up with her specialist and GP on this.
Mom went on a long-action Levacabridopa. It gave her her life back, but after some time she started developing shortness of breath, almost like hyperventilating. Her pulse rate is higher than normal - around 97 or 98.
Recently she finally got her appointment with the Movement Disorders Clinic here - all the neurologists there specialize in Parkinson's and related disorders. The neuro there put Mom on a short-acting form of the LCD. Now she is more short of breath all the time, unless she is lying down.
I can find nothing in the literature or on the net about shortness of breath/hyperventilating being a side effect of the meds. It certainly can be a symptom of Parkinson's - but she had no trouble until she started the medication.
She is on no other med that would interact with this, and stopped taking vitamins with iron as iron can block the drug's absorption.
Anyone with any experience and/or feedback on this?
Thanks!
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