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Could prostate drugs reduce Parkinson's disease risk?

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A new study suggests that repurposing glycolysis-enhancing drugs such as terazosin, which is typically used to treat an enlarged prostate, may reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease in men.

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This isn't limited to terazosin, but I wonder if drugs which purportedly prevent Parkinson’s are also effective at slowing or stopping progression in those of us who already have it.

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redhawk1 in reply to jimcaster

Switched my hypertension medication from atenolol to terazosin (8mg/day). Terazosin is doing an adequate job of keeping BP down. Hard to tell if it is slowing PD progression.

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Don't get up too fast

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MarionP

It may be very helpful for women, there's not one prostate problem reported in the entire literature.

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DaveRochester in reply to MarionP

Perhaps that's because they don't have a prostate!

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MarionP in reply to DaveRochester

Naw, really? Boy you can't trust anybody these days.

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