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What is Pergolide?

Pergolide mesilate is a dopamine agonist that works by mimicking the activity of a substance in the brain called dopamine. It may be used alone or in combination with levodopa to treat Parkinson's disease.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Parkinson's Disease 11 1 Efficacy_moderate
Restless feeling in legs 1 0
Prolactinoma 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 1 0
MSA (Multiple System Atrophy) 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 1 0

See all 7 patients currently taking Pergolide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pergolide

Nausea 1
Sweating excessive 1
Heart palpitations 1
Tiredness 1
Dizziness and feeling faint 1

Reported Dosages

  daily 0.15 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pergolide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 70%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 50%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 20%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 10%
Other 1   Other: 10%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 10%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pergolide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Pergolide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pergolide

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pergolide

Very
 1 33%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pergolide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 50%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 50%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.