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Case Reports
. 2000 Apr 15;355(9212):1333-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02119-x.

Sleep attacks and Parkinson's disease treatment

J J Ferreira, M Galitzky, J L Montastruc, O Rascol
Case Reports

Sleep attacks and Parkinson's disease treatment

J J Ferreira et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Three patients with Parkinson's disease had so-called sleep attacks at the wheel while taking bromocryptine, lisuride pergolide, or piribedil. We believe that all dopamine agonists can induce sleep attacks.

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  • Sleep attacks in Parkinson's disease.
    Pirker W, Happe S. Pirker W, et al. Lancet. 2000 Aug 12;356(9229):597-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)73981-7. Lancet. 2000. PMID: 10950264 No abstract available.

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