Based on a patientâs symptoms and some laboratory tests, a patient is diagnosed as having insufficient dopamine release from a processing area dealing with movement. The patient is prescribed L-dopa and although the movement problems improve, the patient starts to âhear dead peopleâ. The dose of the patientâs medication is adjusted and the patient becomes essentially symptom free. What were the patientâs initially symptoms? What area was affected? What is the normal function of this area? What would be the name given for the original diagnosis of this condition? What name could be given to the condition that was induced by the medication (the one that made the patient hear things that were not there)? What system did this belong to?
Based on a patientâs symptoms and some laboratory tests, a patient is diagnosed as having insufficient dopamine release from a processing area dealing with movement. The patient is prescribed L-dopa and although the movement problems improve, the patient starts to âhear dead peopleâ. The dose of the patientâs medication is adjusted and the patient becomes essentially symptom free. What were the patientâs initially symptoms? What area was affected? What is the normal function of this area? What would be the name given for the original diagnosis of this condition? What name could be given to the condition that was induced by the medication (the one that made the patient hear things that were not there)? What system did this belong to?
