Open AccessComorbid Functional Shoulder Pain and Zolpidem Dependence Treated with Pramipexole
Author(s) -
Dhiraj Kandre,
Girish Banwari,
Prateek Sharma
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.168591
Subject(s) - pramipexole , fibromyalgia , zolpidem , medicine , parkinsonism , dopamine agonist , restless legs syndrome , anesthesia , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , insomnia , physical therapy , pharmacology , dopamine , dopaminergic , parkinson's disease , disease
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.