Blog post about dopamine agonists and impulse control disorders (Prof. Frank Church)

[jeffreyn]

Blog post: Dopamine Agonists and Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson’s.

journeywithparkinsons.com/2...

Research paper (not open access): Longitudinal analysis of impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease.

n.neurology.org/content/ear...

NB: This is the same research paper that MBA highlighted a couple of weeks ago:

healthunlocked.com/parkinso...

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[park_bear]

Damning: "physicians may be underestimating the influence of dopamine agonists (DAs) on ICDs. Their results show the occurrence of ICDs approached 50% in the study of 411 people-with-Parkinson’s"

n.neurology.org/content/ear...

" In 306 patients without ICDs at baseline, the 5-year cumulative incidence of ICDs was ... DA ever users 51.5% ... DA never users 12.4%"