Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Hi,

I have been taking the drug pramipexole/Mirapex, and I believe I am getting benefit from it. Although this drug is actually for Parkinson's disease, there have been numerous studies showing this drug to be astonishingly effective for fibromyalgia.

It is a dopamine agonist, which means that it acts like dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in motion control.

I am tolerating it well with no significant side effects. However, because dopamine is also involved in reward behavior, the drug is known to have some very strange side effects including compulsive shopping and gambling!

Dave

Well, Dave....if you start having any such compulsions towards gambling or shopping let us know and we will have to start a support group for those behaviors.

Glad you are finding some relief with this new drug.

Violet

Afraid this just raised alarm bells for me - that kind of behaviour could be onset of mania.

Rosemary x