Pathologic gambling in patients with restless legs syndrome treated with dopaminergic agonists.
Pathologic gambling is an impulse control disorder previously reported to complicate dopamine agonist therapy in patients with Parkinson disease. It has not been described in association with dopamine agonist therapy of other conditions. We report three patients treated in our sleep disorders center who developed pathologic gambling while receiving treatment with dopamine agonists for restless legs syndrome.
Tippmann-Peikert
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Mayo Clinic Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. tippmannpeikert.maja@mayo.edu
Park
J G
JG
Boeve
B F
BF
Shepard
J W
JW
Silber
M H
MH
D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000523:psychology; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology
D018491:Dopamine Agonists