122| Parkinson's Disease – A Conversation With Dr. Sara Schaefer
Navigating Neuropsychology
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Dopamine Agonists and Other Drugs for PD
The disease progression is causing the need for a higher dose and more frequent dosing. 40% of people taking dopamine agonists have impulse control or compulsive symptoms like gambling, impulsive sexual eating behaviors. The other thing that dopamine agonists as well as anti-cold, neurogic medications like a Manti-D and Trihexi-Fennidil can do is cause psychosis. So if somebody with Parkinson's comes to me with those symptoms, I say, what medicines are you on? Can we take you off of some of the heavy hitters that are going to be causing more of those symptoms?"
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