Does Mirapex ER cause hair loss or weight gain?

Written by Marta Figueiredo, PhD |

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Does Mirapex ER cause hair loss or weight gain?

Category: Mirapex

While neither hair loss nor weight gain have been reported as side effects of Mirapex ER in clinical trials, some patients who received the drug or its older immediate-release formulation after their approval have experienced these effects. Also, weight loss has been reported in clinical trials of these formulations in early and advanced Parkinson’s patients. Patients should talk with their healthcare team if they experience any unanticipated effects of treatment.

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Marta Figueiredo, PhD Marta holds a biology degree, a master’s in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She was awarded a research scholarship and a PhD scholarship, and her research focused on the role of several signaling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development. She also previously worked as an assistant professor of an annual one-week embryology course at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.