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Parkinson's disease drug may slow underlying illness, study suggests
The Associated Press
A drug widely prescribed to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease does not hasten the progression of the illness as some had feared, and it might even slow it down, a study suggests.
But the matter is far from settled. While patients in the study who used the drug showed less decline than those who didn't, brain scans suggested the drug might harm the crucial brain cells that die off in the disease.
It will take more work to establish the effects of levodopa on the course of Parkinson's disease, researchers conclude in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Levodopa has been prescribed for more than 30 years to treat Parkinson's symptoms like slow movement, stiffness and tremors. It's the "gold standard" for Parkinson's treatment, and eventually almost all patients come to use it.
But doctors have debated how early in the course of the disease to prescribe it, because of laboratory evidence that it might speed up the degeneration of the brain cells whose loss brings on Parkinson's.
The new work is the first hint that levodopa might actually be protective instead, said Dr. Stanley Fahn of Columbia University Medical Center, principal researcher of the federally funded study. That isn't proven yet, he stressed, but at least "it doesn't appear to be harmful." Read More....
USATODAY.com - Parkinson's disease drug may slow underlying illness, study suggests
Parkinson's disease drug may slow underlying illness, study suggests
The Associated Press
A drug widely prescribed to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease does not hasten the progression of the illness as some had feared, and it might even slow it down, a study suggests.
But the matter is far from settled. While patients in the study who used the drug showed less decline than those who didn't, brain scans suggested the drug might harm the crucial brain cells that die off in the disease.
It will take more work to establish the effects of levodopa on the course of Parkinson's disease, researchers conclude in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Levodopa has been prescribed for more than 30 years to treat Parkinson's symptoms like slow movement, stiffness and tremors. It's the "gold standard" for Parkinson's treatment, and eventually almost all patients come to use it.
But doctors have debated how early in the course of the disease to prescribe it, because of laboratory evidence that it might speed up the degeneration of the brain cells whose loss brings on Parkinson's.
The new work is the first hint that levodopa might actually be protective instead, said Dr. Stanley Fahn of Columbia University Medical Center, principal researcher of the federally funded study. That isn't proven yet, he stressed, but at least "it doesn't appear to be harmful." Read More....
USATODAY.com - Parkinson's disease drug may slow underlying illness, study suggests
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