Dopamine agonist therapy for Parkinson disease and pathological gambling

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2006 Dec;12(8):506-8. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.02.004. Epub 2006 May 24.

Abstract

We report 6 patients with pathological gambling during pharmacologic treatment for Parkinson disease (PD). Four patients were treated with levodopa/carbidopa and dopamine agonist (DA), and 2 patients received DA monotherapy. We reviewed several published reports regarding pathological gambling and antiparkinsonian therapy and suggest that more advanced PD and antiparkinsonian combination therapy (e.g., levodopa/carbidopa and DA) increases the risk for development of pathological gambling behavior compared with monotherapy with either DA or levodopa/carbidopa.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Carbidopa / adverse effects*
  • Dopamine Agonists / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Gambling*
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / adverse effects*
  • MEDLINE / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy
  • Parkinson Disease / psychology*
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Dopamine Agonists
  • Levodopa
  • Carbidopa