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Drugs: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence the Department has assessed on the average time from initiating a dopamine agonist, or increasing its dose, to (a) the onset or first report of impulse control disorder symptoms and (

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jul 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence the Department has assessed on the average time from initiating a dopamine agonist, or increasing its dose, to (a) the onset or first report of impulse control disorder symptoms and (

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested on dopamine agonists is not held centrally nor held in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Dopamine agonists encompass a range of medicines authorised for the management of Parkinson’s disease...

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