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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new medication for levodopa-induced dyskinesia (Gocovri), making it the fifth new drug for Parkinson’s symptoms in just over two and half years.

Everyone in the Parkinson’s disease (PD) community likely has heard this question and asked it themselves. We say that PD is rarely caused by genetics, but what does that mean for those living with the disease today, their children and family?