Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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- noun medicine A particular
dopamin agonist used in the treatment ofParkinson's disease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And even in those cases, the standard therapy -- called ropinirole, or Requip -- doesn't work very well.
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Didier Jambart, 51, of Nantes, France, began taking GlaxoSmithKline's drug Requip ropinirole in 2003 to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Man Claims Parkinson's Drug Made Him A Gay Sex Addict TIME 2011
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Didier Jambart, 51, of Nantes, France, began taking GlaxoSmithKline s drug Requip ropinirole in 2003 to treat symptoms of Parkinson s disease.
Man Claims Parkinson's Drug Made Him A Gay Sex Addict TIME 2011
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Didier Jambart, 51, of Nantes, France, began taking GlaxoSmithKline's drug Requip ropinirole in 2003 to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Man Claims Parkinson's Drug Made Him A Gay Sex Addict TIME 2011
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Didier Jambart, 51, of Nantes, France, began taking GlaxoSmithKline's drug Requip ropinirole in 2003 to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Man Claims Parkinson's Drug Made Him A Gay Sex Addict TIME 2011
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Three drugs, pramipexole, ropinirole and rotigotine, initially designed for Parkinson's disease, have also been found useful, so your doctor may wish to prescribe one of them.
Doctor, doctor: Gastric bands and restless legs Dr Tom Smith 2010
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Recently, a 76-year-old retired journalist, a long-term patient, called me about an ad he saw for ropinirole Requip, a drug previously approved for Parkinson's disease that now had been approved—the first drug ever to be so honored--for the treatment of restless legs syndrome, an uncomfortable urge to move one's legs, which can interfere with sleep.
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Recently, a 76-year-old retired journalist, a long-term patient, called me about an ad he saw for ropinirole (Requip), a drug previously approved for Parkinson's disease that now had been approved — the first drug ever to be so honored -- for the treatment of restless legs syndrome, an uncomfortable urge to move one's legs, which can interfere with sleep.
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These drugs, which include ropinirole (sold under the brand name Requip), perogolide (Permax), and pramipexole (Mirapex), have been shown to be effective.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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These drugs, which include ropinirole (sold under the brand name Requip), perogolide (Permax), and pramipexole (Mirapex), have been shown to be effective.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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