Resumen de Parkinson's Drug Doesn't Increase Cardiovascular Risk

Diane S. Aschenbrenner

• * The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that drugs containing entacapone, used in the management of Parkinson's disease symptoms, does not increase the risk of cardiovascular events.

  * This announcement reverses an older FDA Drug Safety Communication in which the agency expressed concerns over possible cardiovascular events associated with use of the drug.