Researchers found that the local release of dopamine – a molecule best known for its role in the brain’s reward system – is a key factor in acquiring new motor skills.

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Despite a significant improvement in symptoms, around 20% of patients discontinued treatment due to adverse events.

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Diabetes Care Bromocriptine: A Sympatholytic, D2-dopamine Agonist for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD Disclosures Diabetes Care. 2011;34 (4):789-794.

Recently, timed-release bromocriptine (Cycloset), a sympatholytic dopamine D 2 receptor agonist, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

In 2004, van Camp et al 1 published the first large observational study describing cardiac valve dysfunction in patients receiving the dopamine agonist (DA) pergolide for Parkinson’s disease.