Nearly half of patients taking certain drugs for Parkinson’s disease may eventually develop impulse control disorders such as compulsive eating, gambling or shopping, according to a new French study published in the journal Neurology.
Parkinson’s disease leads to a reduction in dopamine, a brain chemical that regulates movement. This is often treated with levodopa, a medication which converts to dopamine in the brain, or with dopamine agonists, which work by activating dopamine...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/23/parkinsons-drugs-tied-to-impulse-control-disorders/136399.html
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