Ibuprofen Reduces Parkinson's Risk??? -- Sept. 7, 2007

OK, so far we've heard that caffeine, tobacco and now ibuprofen may have the ability to inhibit the development of PD. I've been drinking coffee since I was 14, I've been a cigar smoker since I was 17 and I take ibuprofen on a regular basis. Why do I have PD???

http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care-news-articles-1590.html

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Regular use of the pain-relieving nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) may delay or prevent the onset of Parkinson's disease, according to data from roughly 147,000 U.S. men and women enrolled in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutritional Cohort.

In 1992, subjects provided information on four types of commonly used analgesics. In 2001, they provided information on the occurrence of Parkinson's disease. The researchers detected 413 cases of Parkinson's disease during follow up.

"We found that individuals who regularly used ibuprofen had about a 35 percent lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease than non-users," Dr. Alberto Ascherio, of Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, told.