Caffeine May Be Beneficial For Parkinson's Patients

It is reported in a new study that if Parkinson's patients are given caffeine tablets or coffee, then defect regarding their body movements improves to a great extent. The experts of the study that was conducted in Canada say that to confirm the results however, further study was needed. A question arises whether the patient becomes habitual to caffeine if so will it affect negatively? The experts of the study say that they could not say it will make a big difference regarding the disease, however, they say that coffee commonly is not a dangerous thing so it can be tested on Pakinson's patients and there was no harm in it. According to National Parkinson's Foundation Of American, the disease rate is increasing and 50-60 thousand new cases are coming forward each year only in the USA.
The scientists distributed 61 patients having age nearly 60 years into two groups regarding the study. One group was given caffeine tablets for 6 weeks while other group was given drug free tablets resembling caffeine tablets (placebo). When the results were compiled after 6 weeks it was observed that patients taking caffeine tablets had no visible improvement regarding sleep and movement of the body parts though, but overall improvement in the symptoms of the disease were observed as hardiness in the muscles and difficulty in movement. Thus, they had 5 % improvement regarding the disease.
According to the experts though it is not a big difference but this ordinary betterness can have pleasant impacts on the life od some people. However, thoses patients who were not given tablets had no improvement at all. It is noteworthy that people who have been taking coffeee through out their lives have least risk of Parkinson's disease. However, experts say that it did not mean that tea, coffee or soda had direct impact regarding the disease symptoms, but it shows that if the patient is given caffeine it would have no harm. Further study will be conducted in this regard.