Study: Schizophrenia Increases Risk of Late-life Parkinson’s

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Study: Schizophrenia Increases Risk of Late-life Parkinson’s

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Shouldn’t the title read “Antipsychotic drugs increases risk of late life Parkinson’s”? …

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This higher risk may be associated with medication-induced changes in the brain’s dopamine system — also affected in Parkinson’s patients — or disease-associated mechanisms, and further studies are needed to clarify this, the researchers noted.

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@labratmat

Shouldn’t the title read “Antipsychotic drugs increases risk of late life Parkinson’s”?

That was my thought as well.

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Parkinson patients may display psychotic symptoms when overmedicated.