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Dopa Therapy May Up Impulse Disorders in PD


 

Patients treated with dopamine agonists had an increased odds of developing an ICD (odds ratio 7.1). The odds increased further with a combination of a dopamine agonist and L-dopa (OR 9.9). Levodopa alone was not significantly associated with an ICD.

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