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 ...

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 ...

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

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Despite being a mainstay of Parkinson's disease treatment, levodopa, a dopamine-replenishing medication, can cause nasty side ...

Understanding the downsides of digital overstimulation, more people are adopting dopamine fasting to find joy in slower, more ...

In this model, impulsivity provides strong parallels with addiction—with links to a specific behavior (cocaine self-administration) and to changes in signaling of a neurotransmitter (dopamine).

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 ...

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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Addictive drugs co-opt this survival system by triggering a larger surge in dopamine and driving people to use them again and again, Dr. Small said. In the new study, scientists at the National ...