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Parkinson
Problem
Lancet, the British medical journal*, reports
that patients taking levadopa for their Parkinson's Disease are at
increased risk of heart disease. It is recommended that folic acid, a B
vitamin, be added to patient's drug therapy.
*By doctors Muller, Fowler-Kuhn and Werne, Neurology Dept., Ruhr U., Bokum,
Germany. Fowler-Kuhn is at the University Children's Hosp., Basel, Switz.
Reported July 10, l999.
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