Multiple system atrophy (MSA): treatments
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Multiple system atrophy (MSA): treatments. Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Speech and language therapy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Non-drug treatments
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech and language therapy
- Catherization for voiding difficulty
- Convenes, bottles or pads for urinary incontinence
- Gastrostomy
Treatments of sialorrhoea
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Management of laryngeal dystonia/stridor
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Levodopa
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Treatments of orthostatic hypotension
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Other drug treatments
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Investigational treatments
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References
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- Cortelli P, Calandra-Buonaura G, Benarroch EE, et al. Stridor in multiple system atrophy: consensus statement on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Neurology 2019; 93:630-639.
- Wenning GK, Stefanova N. Recent developments in multiple system atrophy. J Neurol 2009; 256:1791-1808.
- Mestre TA, Gupta A, Lang AE. MRI signs of multiple system atrophy preceding the clinical diagnosis: the case for an imaging-supported probable MSA diagnostic category. JNNP 2016; 87:443-444.
- Kikuchi Y, Shibata M, Hirayanagi K, Nagashima K, Mihara B, Ikeda Y. Putaminal iron deposition precedes MSA-P onset by 2 years. Neurology 2018; 90:1071-1072.
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