Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that leads to movements you can’t control, like shaking, stiffness, and trouble with balance and coordination.
Symptoms start slowly and get worse over time, making it hard to walk and talk as the disease progresses.
Epilepsy drugs, also known as antiepileptic drugs, are used to prevent or treat seizures by controlling unusual electrical activity in the brain.
These drugs, including carbamazepine, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, and sodium valproate, are essential for people with epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
A study from Queen Mary University of London discovered a link between these epilepsy drugs and Parkinson’s disease.
The researchers looked at data from 1,433 people with Parkinson’s and 8,598 people without the disease. They used prescription records from primary care to track the use of these drugs.
The study found that taking epilepsy drugs was connected to an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. The more prescriptions a person had, the higher their risk. This pattern was also seen in people taking multiple epilepsy drugs at once.
This research is the first to look at a range of epilepsy drugs and their connection to Parkinson’s. It suggests a need for more studies to confirm these findings and understand why these drugs might be linked to Parkinson’s. These results could be important for doctors when deciding how to treat patients.
If you’re interested in Parkinson’s disease, there are studies suggesting that Vitamin E might help prevent it and Vitamin D could be beneficial for those already diagnosed.
Also, new treatments are being explored, and foods rich in flavonoids might improve survival rates in people with Parkinson’s.
This study was led by Daniel Belete and published in JAMA Neurology.
If you care about Parkinson’s disease, please read studies that Vitamin B may slow down cognitive decline, and Mediterranean diet could help lower risk of Parkinson’s.
For more information about brain health, please see recent studies that blueberry supplements may prevent cognitive decline, and results showing Plant-based diets could protect cognitive health from air pollution.
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