They found that regular users of such drugs, which ease the pain of arthritis and headaches, were much less likely to have Parkinson's than non-users or sporadic users.
The drugs, known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS, are taken daily by millions of people.
A team from University of California Los Angeles studied 579 men and women from California, half of whom had Parkinson's disease. They were asked if they had taken aspirin or other NSAIDs such as ibuprofen once a week or more at any point in their life for at least a month.
Those who took two or more pills a week for at least one month were considered regular users.
Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, is not an NSAID and does not act in the same way as aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen and similar drugs.
The researchers found the NSAID users were less likely to have Parkinson's, especially those using ibuprofen or other non-aspirin NSAIDs.
"Our findings suggest NSAIDs are protective against Parkinson's disease, with a particularly strong protective effect among regular users of non-aspirin NSAIDs, especially those who reported two or more years of use," UCLA's Angelika Wahner, who worked on the study, said in a statement...
Via Reuters
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