[header] How to treat parkinson's disease [title] Try amantadine (symmetrel) to manage early symptoms. [step] This is drug can control symptoms in the early stages of parkinson's disease. It may also lessen some of the side effects caused by other medications, such as levodopa. 
Ask your doctor if this medication could help alleviate some of your parkinson's symptoms. [substeps] Purple mottling of the skin (livedo reticularis) can be a side effect, along with hallucinations.