Drugs for Parkinson's Disease Linked to Obsessive Behaviors
A recent article in the Washington Post details a rather bizarre, and potentially catestrophic, side effect of drugs used to treat Parkinson's Disease. The drugs, including Permax and Mirapex, work as dopamine agonists, which increase the levels of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is associated with many addictive behaviors such as gambling and sex manias. Particular cases described in the article involves people losing their jobs and families due to compulsive behaviors starting after taking the Parkinson's drugs.
Clinical studies have yet to be performed on the relation between these drugs and compulsive behaviors.
Read the full article here.
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