Parkinson's along with Tourette's Syndrome
Hello I am looking for information or studies on Parkinson along with tourette's syndrome. My Uncle who is in his late 40s was diagnosed last year with Parkinson's disease and has also had Tourettes his whole life. Unfortunately his doctor has indicated that the drug you can take to slow down the Parkinson's will make his tourettes "tics" worse. I am really looking for any kind of research or studies for someone that has both these diseases.
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I don't know if any of these will be helpful, but here they are. I have never seen any clinical trials on the combination of the two disease.
Parkinson's Disease and Tourette's Syndrome Parkinson's Disease and Tourette's Syndrome Tourette's Syndrome and Parkinson's Disease, Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
http://www.neurology.org/content/49/6/1699.short
Coexistence of tics and parkinsonism: Evidence for non-dopaminergic mechanisms in tic pathogenesis R. Kumar, MD, FRCPC and A. E. Lang, MD, FRCPC This is not a recent article but might be helpful. To read the Full Text, one needs to register. Abstract of the article is at the link above and also in PubMed. This title actually uses the term "parkinsonism" but I note the article concerns Parkinson's Disease. [I have a few other bits of info. but will have to go hunt them down. I would also suggest searching Dr. Joseph Jankovic. The TSA-USA used to have some info. on their website regarding PD and TS. I'll look there later also.] Added: This article references the above article [18] Medscape Reference http://emedicine.medscape.com/articl...overview#a0104 Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Author: William C Robertson Jr, MD; Chief Editor: Amy Kao, MD Quote:
This one is really old. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3504234 Mov Disord. 1986;1(1):79-83. Tics in a patient with Parkinson's disease. Shale H, Fahn S, Mayeux R. Abstract Quote:
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thank you all for the information so far!
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