Pramipexole: In restless legs syndrome

CNS Drugs

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-437

  McCormack, Paul L ^a   Siddiqui, M Asif A ^b  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CIMETIDINE; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PRAMIPEXOLE; PROBENECID;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALF LIFE TIME; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 34247882879     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200721050-00008     Document Type: Review

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