• Effectiveness

  Major (for Parkinson's disease)
• Side effects

  Severe (mobility decreased)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Advice & Tips: DBS is the new technology that alleviates all shaking and dykinesia and allow almost full body functionality. My DBS surgery is performed improperly. The leads were too close together, placed at a bad angle 35 degrees from the "floor" and the sutures were on top of the hardware

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: mobility decreased

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Parkinson's disease)
• Side effects

  Severe (mobility decreased)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Advice & Tips: Have DBS performed by a knowledgeable surgeon. It works!

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: mobility decreased

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Parkinson's disease)
• Side effects

  Mild (mobility decreased)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Advice & Tips: The best solution for PDers.

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: mobility decreased

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Improve mobility)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for Parkinson's disease)
• Side effects

  Moderate (loss of balance)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Advice & Tips: increase mobility, no tremors at alll,filing beter

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: loss of balance

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Improve mobility)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for Parkinson's disease)
• Side effects

  Mild
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Advice & Tips: every day i improve more, and i feel better and my motion is faster

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: loss of balance

• Effectiveness

  Major (for tremor(s))
• Side effects

  Moderate
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Advice & Tips: Personally it was me very easy to make the decision since i had the opportunity to know a patient that had been already operated and my only question to him was it is that he had to be operate again and he told me that If without doubting it one minute. also i had the opportunity to know a youth from another social stratum to which they operated very recently for the epilepsy to the day that we saw each other and it was one of people that more push myself to operate me. Regarding other benefits I consider that the benefit is to have recovered the initiative of finishing quick very fast anything that I start. What also produces certain frustration for what the last 10 years of my illness I cannot recover it in 6 months

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: loss of balance

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Parkinson's disease)
• Side effects

  Moderate (headaches, uncomfortable)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: One time

Advice & Tips: DO IT!!! Find an excellent Movement Disorder Specialist go through all the evaluation process and get the implants. It will change your life. Very little and mostly no shaking any more. I am completely off the medications (I insisted). I can now sleep again (that is the best benefit) although my body is still trying to catch up for all the nights that I only got 2~3 hours sleep.