One shot, seven days: Long-acting levodopa gel tackles Parkinson’s tremors

A new weekly injectable drug could transform the lives of more than eight million people living with Parkinson’s disease, potentially replacing the need for multiple daily tablets.

Scientists from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have developed a long-acting injectable formulation that delivers a steady dose of levodopa and carbidopa – two key medications for Parkinson’s – over an entire week.

Their findings have been reported in the journal Drug Delivery and Translational…

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