Thursday, 13 October 2011

Levodopa treatment does not appear to accelerate Parkinson's disease

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21917769
"Some laboratory-based studies have previously suggested that levodopa administration may lead to degeneration of dopaminergic nerve cells. This has not been shown in studies in patients. This latest report shows that there is no evidence that long term dopamine replacement has toxic effects on nerve cells."
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