TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The thrill of reckless driving in patients with Parkinson's disease: an additional behavioural phenomenon in dopamine dysregulation syndrome?
JO  - Parkinsonism and related disorders
A1  - Avanzi, Maurizio
A1  - Baratti, Mario
A1  - Cabrini, Silvia
A1  - Uber, Elena
A1  - Brighetti, Gianni
A1  - Bonfà, Flavio
SP  - 257
EP  - 258
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - We report two male patients with Parkinson's disease who developed compulsive risk-seeking driving behaviour as a result of self-administering high doses of L-dopa despite an adequate therapeutic response at lower doses. When L-dopa reduction was feasible, it resulted in cessation of unsafe driving. We believe that this impairment in driving performance, due to deliberate overuse of dopaminergic medication, should be included as a new behavioural phenomenon in dopamine dysregulation syndrome.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8020
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.04.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -