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New Study Finds Counterproductive Effect of Parkinson's Disease Drug
Levodopa--the gold-standard treatment for Parkinson's disease--increases dopamine in the brain. But as the disease progresses in severity, patients often need to take additional drugs to manage their symptoms. One class of drugs, called catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors (COMT-Is), can help increase the amount of levodopa that reaches the brain.
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