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Note: This column describes the experiences of the author’s father with tetrabenazine (often known by its brand name, Xenazine). Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. My dad, who had Huntington’s disease, was moved…
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The contents of Ingrezza (valbenazine) can be taken from their capsules and crushed before being sprinkled on soft foods or given via a feeding tube to Huntington’s disease patients who have difficulty swallowing whole capsules, a preclinical study showed. A Neurocrine Biosciences’ oral therapy, Ingrezza…
“Do you think the way people like to be shown love ever changes?” my wife, Jill, recently asked me as we were making the bed. “What a simple yet complicated question,” I replied, wondering where this conversation was going. Her next question deepened the mystery. “Do you think…
Columnist Becky Field describes what life was like before and after Huntington’s disease progression began affecting her father.
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Becoming educated and informed about Huntington’s disease is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
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There is no cure for Huntington’s disease yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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