Bee Venom Against Parkinson’s Disease

[Farooqji]

doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019....

[park_bear]

This article is about protection from artificially induced Parkinsonism in mice. There is steady stream of such studies. These do not count as evidence that such a substance will improve actual Parkinson's in humans.

[Bolt_Upright]

From 2016: In summary, our study did not evidence any clear symptomatic or disease-modifying effects of monthly bee venom injections over an 11 month period compared to placebo using a standard bee venom allergy desensitization protocol in PD patients. Of note, bee venom administration appeared safe in non-allergic patients. Given the increasingly strong preclinical rationale that SK channel blockade may be beneficial in treating PD short and long term, we believe that a larger study with less stringent exclusion criteria regarding IgE levels and ST is warranted. In particular, we feel that higher administration frequency and possibly higher individual doses of bee venom may reveal its potency in treating PD.

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