L Gaboriau1, C Victorri-Vigneau2, M Gérardin2, G Allain-Veyrac1, P Jolliet-Evin2, M Grall-Bronnec3. 1. Pharmacology Department, Nantes University Hospital, 9, quai Moncousu., 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France. 2. Pharmacology Department, Nantes University Hospital, 9, quai Moncousu., 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France; EA 4275 "Biostatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Subjective Measures in Health Sciences", Nantes University, 1, rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 Nantes cedex 1, France. 3. EA 4275 "Biostatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Subjective Measures in Health Sciences", Nantes University, 1, rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 Nantes cedex 1, France; Addictology and Psychiatry Department, Nantes University Hospital, 85, rue Saint Jacques, 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France. Electronic address: marie.bronnec@chu-nantes.fr.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: It is commonly accepted that pathological gambling results from the interaction of multiple risk factors. Among these, dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) prescribed for Parkinson disease can be cited. Another dopamine agonist, aripiprazole, could be a new risk factor. We decided to explore this potential adverse drug reaction (ADR). METHOD: Based on a cohort of 166 pathological gamblers starting treatment in our department, data of each of the 8 patients treated by aripiprazole at inclusion were analyzed. RESULTS: The patients involved were schizophrenic or bipolar, mostly young men with a history of addictive disorders and regular gambling prior to the prescription of aripiprazole. For each one of them, the causality of aripiprazole was considered, using an algorithm. The probability that pathological gambling is actually due to aripiprazole is "possible" in 7 cases out of 8, and "doubtful" in one. CONCLUSIONS: Adverse drug reactions were confronted with other already published case reports. Dopamine partial agonist mechanism of aripiprazole could explain the occurrence of pathological gambling.
OBJECTIVE: It is commonly accepted that pathological gambling results from the interaction of multiple risk factors. Among these, dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) prescribed for Parkinson disease can be cited. Another dopamine agonist, aripiprazole, could be a new risk factor. We decided to explore this potential adverse drug reaction (ADR). METHOD: Based on a cohort of 166 pathological gamblers starting treatment in our department, data of each of the 8 patients treated by aripiprazole at inclusion were analyzed. RESULTS: The patients involved were schizophrenic or bipolar, mostly young men with a history of addictive disorders and regular gambling prior to the prescription of aripiprazole. For each one of them, the causality of aripiprazole was considered, using an algorithm. The probability that pathological gambling is actually due to aripiprazole is "possible" in 7 cases out of 8, and "doubtful" in one. CONCLUSIONS: Adverse drug reactions were confronted with other already published case reports. Dopamine partial agonist mechanism of aripiprazole could explain the occurrence of pathological gambling.
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