Constrictive pericarditis and pleuropulmonary disease linked to ergot dopamine agonist therapy (cabergoline) for Parkinson's disease

From: Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Cabergoline is one of several ergoline dopamine agonist medications used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). We diagnosed constrictive pericarditis (CP) in a patient with PD receiving cabergoline therapy (10 mg daily), who had symptoms and signs of congestive heart failure (CHF). In the absence of previous reported cases of this condition linked to ergoline drugs, cabergoline was not initially identified as the cause. Shortly thereafter, however, the patient developed of a severe pleuropulmonary inflammatory-fibrotic syndrome, a recognized complication of ergoline medications, thus ...

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