Written questions

Restless Legs Syndrome: Drugs

2026-06-04 · Department of Health and Social Care · 7259 · Official question

Lee Pitcher

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients prescribed dopamine agonists are informed about the risk of impulse control disorders.

Answer

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring that medicines and healthcare products meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, and effectiveness and are supported by detailed product information, via the P...