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Age and Ageing Advance Access published online on June 24, 2006
Age and Ageing, doi:10.1093/ageing/afl064
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received November 29, 2005
Accepted May 10, 2006

Case Report

A case of hedonistic homeostatic dysregulation

Belinda Louise Kessel 1 *

1 Elderly Medicine Department, Princess Royal University Hospital, Kent, BR6 8ND, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Belinda Louise Kessel, E-mail: belinda.kessel{at}bromleyhospitals.nhs.uk


  Abstract

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common condition especially amongst the elderly population, which is increasing. I present a case of an unusual but also under-recognised syndrome caused by PD therapy, which can have devastating effects on the patient and their family.

Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, hedonistic, homeostatic, dysregulation, dopamine, elderly.
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