Nicotine may relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 116 (1) , 117-119
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02244882
Abstract
Two elderly patients with Parkinson's disease were treated with nicotine gum and patch. Reliable changes in symptomatology were noted, using a single-subject, placebo-control reversal design. Improvement was associated with active nicotine dosing and involved diminished tremor and disorganized thinking in one patient and diminished bradykinesia and increased energy in the other.Keywords
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