Medications are often prescribed to help manage various health conditions. However, some medications come with unexpected ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The medications, known as dopamine agonists, are designed to mimic dopamine—the brain chemical that controls movement and ...

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 ...

Getting a headache and feeling sick are common side-effects for many medicines. Indulging in risky sexual behaviour or pathological gambling – not so common. But a BBC investigation has highlighted ...

Often characterized by involuntary motor or vocal tics, Tourette syndrome typically appears in childhood and affects up to ...

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 ...