A class of drugs commonly used to treat movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is pushing people into risky sexual behavior. Patients taking dopamine agonists say ...

A COMMON drug prescribed to treat restless leg syndrome and Parkinson’s can trigger disturbing side effects, experts have warned. Women have come forward reporting how the medicine has led ...

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Women who were prescribed medication to deal with a neurological disorder that impacts one in 10 Americans have said that the ...

Prevalence rates of what GSK calls "deviant" sexual behaviours caused by the drugs are unknown and tend to be under-reported ...

Millions of Brits with a common condition were today warned that drugs to treat them could trigger an unexpected and bizarre sexual side effect. The medicines — known as dopamine agonists ...

Dopamine-receptor agonists, used to treat Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome, have been linked to impulse-control disorders like hypersexuality and compulsive gambling. Studies highlight ...

The drug blocks the transmission of pain signals, relieving pain, and it triggers the release of dopamine from the reward ...

This is the first installment of a five-part series on the Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell's recent "In The Know" event.