Prospective prevalence of pathologic gambling and medication association in Parkinson disease.

Voon, V; Hassan, K; Zurowski, M; Duff-Canning, S; de Souza, M; Fox, S; Lang, A E; Miyasaki, J · Neurology · 2006

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Abstract

The authors prospectively screened 297 patients with Parkinson disease (PD), who attended a tertiary clinic, using a modified South Oaks Gambling Scale. Lifetime prevalence of pathologic gambling (PG) was 3.4% and on any dopamine agonist was 7.2%. PG was associated with earlier PD onset and with dopamine agonists but not with agonist subtype or doses. We found no association with a potent D3 receptor agonist.

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