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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat Parkinson's 9 0
Treat my MSA 1 1
Prolactinoma 1 1
Mobility 1 0
Other 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

sweating a lot (upper body); lower body didn't sweat at all
1 50%
palpatations
1 50%
Nausea
1 50%
Dizziness/feeling like passing out
1 50%
tireness
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 0.15 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 375 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pergolide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
7 78% Doctor's advice: 78%
Side effects too severe
4 44% Side effects too severe: 44%
Did not seem to work
2 22% Did not seem to work: 22%
Personal research
1 11% Personal research: 11%
Other
1 11% Other: 11%
Course of treatment ended
1 11% Course of treatment ended: 11%
Not indicated
1 11% Not indicated: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Pergolide

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pergolide

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

Stopped Taking Pergolide

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
0
0
1
7

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 50%
Somewhat
1 50%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$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 November 22, 2009.