entacapone has been researched along with Mental-Disorders* in 2 studies
2 other study(ies) available for entacapone and Mental-Disorders
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Pathological hypersexuality predominantly linked to adjuvant dopamine agonist therapy in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy.
Pathological hypersexuality developed in 13 patients with PD and two patients ultimately diagnosed clinically with MSA. Hypersexuality began within 8 months after starting dopamine agonist therapy in 14 of 15 cases, including four on agonist monotherapy. It resolved in the four cases where the agonist was stopped, despite continued levodopa therapy. This was not an isolated behavioral problem in most, with additional compulsive or addictive behaviors coinciding in nine patients (60%). A systematic literature review of pathological hypersexuality in PD revealed similar medication histories; combining these cases with our series, 26 of 29 patients (90%) were on adjuvant dopamine agonists. Topics: Adult; Aged; Antiparkinson Agents; Benzothiazoles; Catechols; Databases, Factual; Dopamine Agonists; Humans; Indoles; Levodopa; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Multiple System Atrophy; Nitriles; Parkinson Disease; Pramipexole; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological; Thiazoles | 2005 |
Switch-over from tolcapone to entacapone in severe Parkinson's disease patients.
Forty patients affected by severe Parkinson's disease (PD) were treated with tolcapone as an adjunctive therapy to L-DOPA, for 3-7 months, until this drug was discontinued because of side-effects (2 diarrhoea, one of them with orthostatic hypotension, 2 increments of liver enzymes) or because of mandatory indications of the European drugs authority. All patients, after 3-6 months of L-DOPA therapy adjustments, received entacapone for 3 months again followed by withdrawal. L-DOPA daily dosage was significantly reduced by tolcapone and entacapone (p = 0.01 and 0.05). "On" time was increased by 15% during tolcapone treatment (p < 0.05), and by 8% during entacapone treatment. "Off" time was decreased by 16% during tolcapone and by 7% during entacapone treatment. Entacapone was withdrawn in the same patient who experienced diarrhoea and orthostatic hypotension during tolcapone because of recurrence of side-effects, in 6 patients because of increment of dyskinesias (with hallucinations) and in 1 patients because of rhythmic, jerking myoclonus. Topics: Aged; Antiparkinson Agents; Benzophenones; Catechols; Drug Therapy, Combination; Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced; Female; Humans; Levodopa; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Nitriles; Nitrophenols; Parkinson Disease; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Tolcapone | 2001 |