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Mitoxantrone

Monoclonal antibodies

Natalizumab
Alemtuzumab
Ocrelizumab

Potassium channel blockers

Dalfampridine (used to improve walking)

Box 59-4
Medications to Treat Symptoms of Multiple

Sclerosis

▪ Bladder and bowel dysfunction: psyllium, docusate

▪ Fatigue: amantadine, modafinil
▪ Depression: fluoxetine, sertraline
▪ Sexual dysfunction: sildenafil, vardenafil
▪ Neuropathic pain: gabapentin, carbamazepine

Adapted from Burchum JR, Rosenthal LD: Lehne’s pharmacology for nursing care, ed 9.
St. Louis, 2016, Elsevier.

Box 59-5

Medications to Treat Parkinson’s Disease

Medications Affecting the Amount of Dopamine

▪ Amantadine
▪ Apomorphine
▪ Bromocriptine
▪ Carbidopa-levodopa

▪ Pramipexole
▪ Rasagiline
▪ Ropinirole
▪ Rotigotine
▪ Selegiline hydrochloride

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