The present invention provides non-hygroscopic, crystalline salts of levodopa ethyl ester (LDEE), wherein the salt is the octanoate salt, the myristate salt, the succinate salt, the succinate dihydrate salt, the fumarate salt or the fumarate dihydrate salt of levodopa ethyl ester. The subject invention also encompasses compositions comprising a levodopa ethyl ester salt and a carrier and processes for making these compositions. In addition, the subject invention concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising a levodopa ethyl ester salt and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as processes for making these pharmaceutical compositions. Furthermore, the subject invention includes methods of treating a subject afflicted with Parkinson's disease, senile dementia, dementia of the Alzheimer's type, a memory disorder, depression, hyperactive syndrome, an affective illness, a neurodegenerative disease, a neurotoxic injury, brain ischemia, a head trauma injury, a spinal trauma injury, schizophrenia, an attention deficit disorder, multiple sclerosis and seizures by the administration of levodopa ethyl ester salts.

ethyl ester/seizures

L-DOPA ethyl ester salts and uses thereof

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