Parkinson medicine

Selegiline is used in combination with levodopa or levodopa and carbidopa combination to treat Parkinson's disease (sometimes called "shaking palsy" or "paralysis agitans"). This medicine works to increase and extend the effects of levodopa, and may help to slow the progress of Parkinson's disease.

Most commonly, clinicians use levodopa as a dopamine replacement agent for the treatment of Parkinson disease. It is most effectively used to control bradykinetic symptoms apparent in Parkinson disease.