Objectives: To assess the evidence for the existence and prevalence of sleep attacks in
patients taking dopamine agonists for Parkinson9s disease, the type of drugs implicated …

Sleep problems are an under-emphasised cause of disability in Parkinson's disease (PD)
and may be seen independently of PD, associated with primary PD pathology, or as a result …

Patients with Parkinson's disease can experience a number of sleep disorders, including
insomnia, parasomnias and daytime somnolence [specifically, excessive daytime …

A prospective survey was performed to characterize the prevalence of sleep attacks and to
evaluate precipitating factors in a group of 236 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease …

427 strate that inappropriate daytime sleep episodes are not exclusive of dopamine
agonists. Patients treated only with levodopa also report similar sleep episodes, which …

Controversial reports of sudden onset 'sleep attacks' resulting in road traffic accidents have
recently been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) taking the non-ergot …

Two patients with Parkinson's disease received treatment with ropinirole and/or
pramipexole, during which both experienced sleep attacks. These attacks may be a class …

There are many reasons for patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease to develop sleep
disorders and subsequent daytime sleepiness. Important causes are reduction of total sleep …

We assessed the prevalence and risk factors for irresistible daytime sleepiness (IDS) in a
cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) treated with dopamine agonists. Seventy …

Psychiatric symptoms frequently coexist with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and are often
underdiagnosed and poorly treated. 1 Depression and anxiety are the most common …