The Parkinson’s Pill Paradox: Helping Your Brain, Hurting Your Gut?
Could a medication you or a loved one takes for Parkinson’s disease be quietly altering the delicate ecosystem inside your gut? A recent study published in Nature Microbiology reveals a surprising discovery: entacapone, a common drug used to treat Parkinson’s, appears to significantly disrupt the human gut microbiome by essentially cutting off its iron supply. … Read more
