Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole

Pramipexole is a dopamine agonist with higher affinity for D3 receptors. Treatment with pramipexole in clinical conditions such as restless legs syndrome, fibromyalgia, and parkinsonism has been found to significantly improve measures of pain and sleep along with the other symptoms. There is no rese...

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Main Authors: Dhiraj Kandre, Girish Banwari, Prateek Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2015;volume=37;issue=4;spage=443;epage=445;aulast=Kandre
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spelling doaj-a10f0739c11f4c57a2bcbdd333f16a852021-08-02T15:40:55ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine0253-71762015-01-0137444344510.4103/0253-7176.168591Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexoleDhiraj KandreGirish BanwariPrateek SharmaPramipexole is a dopamine agonist with higher affinity for D3 receptors. Treatment with pramipexole in clinical conditions such as restless legs syndrome, fibromyalgia, and parkinsonism has been found to significantly improve measures of pain and sleep along with the other symptoms. There is no research data available that explores the usefulness of pramipexole in somatoform/functional pain syndromes. We report a case of a 65-year-old male with bilateral functional shoulder pain associated with insomnia and zolpidem dependence effectively treated with pramipexole.http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2015;volume=37;issue=4;spage=443;epage=445;aulast=KandreFunctional paininsomniapramipexolezolpidem dependence
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author Dhiraj Kandre
Girish Banwari
Prateek Sharma
spellingShingle Dhiraj Kandre
Girish Banwari
Prateek Sharma
Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Functional pain
insomnia
pramipexole
zolpidem dependence
author_facet Dhiraj Kandre
Girish Banwari
Prateek Sharma
author_sort Dhiraj Kandre
title Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
title_short Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
title_full Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
title_fullStr Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
title_full_unstemmed Comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
title_sort comorbid functional shoulder pain and zolpidem dependence treated with pramipexole
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
issn 0253-7176
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Pramipexole is a dopamine agonist with higher affinity for D3 receptors. Treatment with pramipexole in clinical conditions such as restless legs syndrome, fibromyalgia, and parkinsonism has been found to significantly improve measures of pain and sleep along with the other symptoms. There is no research data available that explores the usefulness of pramipexole in somatoform/functional pain syndromes. We report a case of a 65-year-old male with bilateral functional shoulder pain associated with insomnia and zolpidem dependence effectively treated with pramipexole.
topic Functional pain
insomnia
pramipexole
zolpidem dependence
url http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2015;volume=37;issue=4;spage=443;epage=445;aulast=Kandre
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