Compulsive gambling has again been identified as a drug side effect. First, a treatment for Parkinson’s disease was linked to compulsive gambling in 2005. Now, the same family of drugs — dopamine ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The impulsive behavior that sometimes develops as a side effect of treatment with "dopamine agonists" drugs may not be limited just to patients with Parkinson's disease.

A Parkinson’s disease drug has been effective in reducing the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression. Led by the UK's University of Oxford, the trial (ISRCTN84666271) found pramipexole to be ...

We treat restless legs syndrome with Parkinson’s drugs, such as pramipexole (Mirapex). Will these drugs remain effective for treating Parkinson’s should the patients develop that condition later in ...

February 23, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new once-daily formulation of pramipexole dihydrochloride (Mirapex ER tablets, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc) ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2005;52(8):2495-2505. The mechanism of fibromyalgia, a chronic illness characterized by muscle pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances, is unknown and medications used to ...

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) does not seem like a serious health problem. Compared to coronary heart disease, diabetes or cancer, RLS just doesn’t sound scary. But ask someone with this condition how ...