Workshop I: Parkinson's disease and sleep – results of the group discussion

Summary

The group agreed on the facts

· that unwanted sleep onset has been observed after non-ergot as well as ergot dopamine agonists,

· that patients on these drugs need to be warned,

· that patients who have experienced sleepiness already must not drive a car unless the dosage is lowered and sleepines has vanished,

· that a genetic predisposition for narcoleptic cataplexy has to be ruled out,

· that predictors of so-called sleep attacks need to be explored individually with the help of sleepiness scales and collectively in a carefull study, respectively.