Monday 20 October 2014

Parkinson’s drugs linked to impulse control disorders

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drugs for Parkinson’s disease can sometimes cause patients to have difficulty controlling their impulses, researchers say. The medicines, known as dopamine receptor agonist drugs, were linked with higher risks for pathological gambling, hypersexuality and compulsive shopping in a new study. Cases of these severe impulse control disorders linked to the drugs have been reported for more than 10 years, and in many cases the abnormal behavior stops when patients stop taking the medications, lead author Thomas J. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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