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Do some Parkinson's medicines stop working over time?

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Do some Parkinson's medicines stop working over time?

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The drugs for Parkinson's treatment continue to work but it is the brain that changes over time, resulting in less potency, explains HealthMaker Melissa Houser, MD, a neurologist at Scripps Health. In this video, she says doses have to be escalated.

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