Note: Federally-funded Phase II ESAs may require development, EPA approval, and use of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs), although in most instances, generic QAPPs already in place between the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should suffice.
Doctors often start by prescribing an SSRI. These medications are safer and generally cause fewer bothersome side effects than other types of antidepressants. SSRIs include fluoxetine (Prozac, Selfemra), paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva), sertraline (Zoloft), citalopram (Celexa) and escitalopram (Lexapro).
Medications your doctor may prescribe include: 1  Carbidopa-levodopa. Levodopa, the most effective Parkinson's disease medication, is a natural chemical that passes into your brain and is converted to dopamine. 2  Carbidopa-levodopa infusion. The U.S. Food and Drug administration approved a drug called Duopa in 2015. 3  Dopamine agonists.