Dopamine agonists
- Directly stimulate dopamine receptors
- Parkinson disease + restless legs
- pramipexole, ropinirole, rotigotine
- Apomorphine: rapid rescue of OFF episodes
- Nausea, orthostasis, sleep attacks
- Impulse-control disorders are distinctive
- Hallucinations/confusion limit use in older adults
Class at a glance
- Directly stimulate dopamine receptors
Members / distinctions
- Apomorphine: rapid rescue of OFF episodes
Clinical role / safety
- Parkinson disease + restless legs
- pramipexole, ropinirole, rotigotine
- Nausea, orthostasis, sleep attacks
Clinical role
- Impulse-control disorders are distinctive
- Hallucinations/confusion limit use in older adults
Drugs in this class (6)
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