Parkinson's drugs linked to heart valve trouble
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Reuters - Two "dopamine agonist" drugs
commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease -- pergolide
(Permax; Eli Lily) and cabergoline (Dostinex; Pfizer) -- may
raise the risk of heart valve regurgitation, according to the
findings of two European studies appearing in The New England
Journal of Medicine this week.