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Does Parkinson's Therapy Cause Pathological Gambling?

Monday December 26, 2005
A recent Online journal article described a bizarre side-effect of Parkinson’s disease therapy. Eleven patients taking a dopamine agonist developed pathological gambling behavior. Dopamine agonist therapy is used to control movement problems caused by Parkinson’s disease.

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