Three common medication classes are associated with a nearly 10-year delay of Parkinson’s disease (PD) motor symptom onset, according to a recent study. Exposures to adrenergic blockers (blood pressure medication), statins (which lower cholesterol), and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, which decrease pain, inflammation, fever, and blood clots), were the strongest independent predictors of older PD age at the onset of motor symptoms. Smoking and family history were associated with younger ages of PD motor symptom onset.

Among those who started taking blood pressure medications before any PD symptoms were present; the PD age of onset was . . .

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Exposures To Adrenergic Blockers, Statins, & NSAIDs Tied To Older Age At Onset Of Parkinson’s Disease

Three common medication classes are associated with a nearly 10-year delay of Parkinson’s disease (PD) motor symptom onset, according to a recent study. Exposures to adrenergic blockers (blood pressure medication), statins (which lower cholesterol), and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, which decrease pain, inflammation, fever, and blood clots), were the strongest independent predictors of older PD age at the onset of motor symptoms. Smoking and family history were associated with younger ages of PD motor symptom onset.

Among those who started taking blood pressure medications before any PD symptoms were present; the PD age of onset was . . .

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