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October 2006 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This report highlights a case where a woman's use of the dopamine agonist pramipexole for Parkinson's disease was associated with hair loss, which improved after discontinuing the drug.
October 2015 in “Elsevier eBooks” Pramipexole can cause side effects like dizziness, sleepiness, hallucinations, and low blood pressure, and it's important to educate patients and keep doses low.
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February 2022 in “Brain Research Bulletin” This study found that finasteride reduced impulsivity in a rat model of pramipexole-induced probability discounting, possibly by normalizing D3 receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens.
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March 2002 in “Neurology” This case report describes two postmenopausal women with Parkinson's disease who experienced reversible hair loss after using the dopamine agonists pramipexole and ropinirole.
November 2006 in “Reactions Weekly” A woman's hair grew back after she stopped taking the Parkinson's disease medication pramipexole.