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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Mar 15;70:21–35. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.03.020

Table 2.

Immune-related effects of anti-Parkinson drugs.

Drug Name Immune Effects Reference
L-DOPA Promotes immune response in xenogenic graft (rat) Breger et al. (2017)
Possible therapy for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome Hitzig (1997)
Neutropenia Cordano et al. (2015)
Alters T-cell proteome Alberio et al. (2012)
Dopamine Agonists Prevents experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice Lieberknecht et al. (2017)
Alters T-cell proteome Alberio et al. (2012)
Possible therapy for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome Hitzig (1997)
COMT Inhibitors Increased pain sensitivity (may have inflammatory component) Nackley et al. (2007)
MAO Inhibitors Remission of rheumatoid arthritis Lieb (1983)