Are anti-epileptics the missing link between epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease?

Patients taking at least one of four common medications face a greater risk of parkinsonism, suggest UK Biobank data
Epilepsy drugs

Patients taking anti-epileptic drugs are almost twice as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those not taking the medication, UK researchers report.

Their analysis of some 10,000 older adults suggested the risk was highest among those given sodium valproate and levetiracetam, who experienced a three- to fourfold higher risk of diagnosis.