ScienceDaily is reporting on recent research from Glen Hanson and colleagues from the University of Utah showing that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is associated with an increased risk for parkinsonism. The study found that patient's with ADHD were more likely to develop early onset parkinsonism than individuals of the same gender and age who did not have ADHD. The risk was dramatically increased, eight- to nine-fold among those ADHD patients who had a history of being treated with amphetamine-like drugs. This study adds to the growing body of literature implicating chemicals in a younger age at onset of Parkinson's disease and other forms of parkinsonism.
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