Multiple system atrophy (MSA): treatments

Evidence-based neurology checklist on multiple system atrophy (msa): treatments: Non-drug treatments Physiotherapy Occupational therapy Speech and language therapy Catherization for voiding difficulty Convenes, bottles or pads for urinary incontinence Gastrostomy Treatments of sialorrhoea…

Non-drug treatments

  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech and language therapy
  • Catherization for voiding difficulty
  • Convenes, bottles or pads for urinary incontinence
  • Gastrostomy

Treatments of sialorrhoea

Management of laryngeal dystonia/stridor

Levodopa

Treatments of orthostatic hypotension

Other drug treatments

Investigational treatments

References

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  4. Mestre TA, Gupta A, Lang AE. MRI signs of multiple system atrophy preceding the clinical diagnosis: the case for an imaging-supported probable MSA diagnostic category. JNNP 2016; 87:443-444.
  5. Kikuchi Y, Shibata M, Hirayanagi K, Nagashima K, Mihara B, Ikeda Y. Putaminal iron deposition precedes MSA-P onset by 2 years. Neurology 2018; 90:1071-1072.
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