Management of blood pressure in Parkinson\'s disease: Need for special attention of a neurologist

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease. Changes in blood pressure in these patients varied from orthostatic hypotension to  Hypertension in specific situations. On the other hand,  some drugs used in Parkinson's disease  have paradoxical effects on blood pressure. Therefore,.neurologists should be pay special attention to control blood pressure in such patients.

Keywords

• Parkinson's disease
• orthostatic hypotension
• Hypertension.