NHS to offer Parkinson’s patients life-changing 24-hour wearable pump drug

Patients with advanced Parkinson's diseased will benefit from a wearable drug pump that will deliver round-the-clock medication when it is rolled out on the NHS later this month. The pump will give patients drug infusions throughout the day meaning many will no longer have to take multiple tablets, which can top 20 a day in some cases. The infusion, known as foslevodopa-foscarbidopa, is administered through a cannula under the skin and is controlled by a small automatic pump worn by patients 24 hours a day. It works by turning the drug foslevodopa into “happy hormone” dopamine, which in turn improves how the brain transmits messages to nerves that control movement. It will help ease movement-related symptoms in Parkinson’s patients who are no longer responding to oral medication.