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Nature Clinical Practice Neurology (2007) 3, 184
doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0437  

Antiepileptic drug shows promise for treatment of Parkinson's disease

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Zonisamide is an antiepileptic drug with a long half-life, which has been widely prescribed in Japan. Following several preliminary trials indicating that zonisamide might improve the main symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), the Japan Zonisamide on PD Study Group carried out research to examine the efficacy, safety and tolerability of daily oral zonisamide in a cohort of patients with PD who were not responding well to levodopa.

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