the long term effects of a first line treatment with levodopa or bromocriptine were compared in 36 previously untreated patients with parkinson 's disease in a prospective randomized trial : 18 patients were treated with levodopa alone ( mean dose : 485 +/- 71 mg daily ) whereas 18 others received bromocriptine alone ( mean dose : 55 +/- 6 mg daily ) during 36 +/- 3 and 31 +/- 3 months respectively .
C0030567
parkinson 's disease
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bromocriptine