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Nicotine may relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease
K O Fagerström1, O Pomerleau, B Giordani
1Pharmacia Research Laboratories, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Psychopharmacology
|September 1, 1994
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.