Hypotension and bradycardia, a serious adverse effect of piribedil, a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Dopamine agonists (DAs) are efficacious for the treatment of motor and nonmotor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The treatment of PD with DAs is often complicated by adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic origins. The DA piribedil is...

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Main Authors: Piao Zhang, Yan Li, Kun Nie, Lijuan Wang, Yuhu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Neurology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-018-1230-1