The venesection treatment included bloodletting from the neck, which James believed would redirect blood and pressure away from the spinal cord and brain. 1 This was obviously a faulty treatment and had no positive affect on PD. In the 1950s, after many years of studies, the levodopa treatment was discovered. The L-DOPA treatment, although helpful in early stages of PD, did not have the ability to maintain PD and resulted in further combined treatments. 3 In recent years there have been developing new ideas in hopes of surgical treatment for this disease. “Surgical procedures comprise deep brain stimulation, ablative lesions and cell transplantation,” which gives a positive outlook on future treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
The venesection treatment included bloodletting from the neck, which James believed would redirect blood and pressure away from the spinal cord and brain. 1 This was obviously a faulty treatment and had no positive affect on PD. In the 1950s, after many years of studies, the levodopa treatment was discovered. The L-DOPA treatment, although helpful in early stages of PD, did not have the ability to maintain PD and resulted in further combined treatments. 3 In recent years there have been developing new ideas in hopes of surgical treatment for this disease. “Surgical procedures comprise deep brain stimulation, ablative lesions and cell transplantation,” which gives a positive outlook on future treatments for Parkinson’s disease.