Parkinsons Medication Caused Gambling Addiction
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health brain medication medicine parkinsons…several Parkinson’s patients who began gambling compulsively after taking the dopamine agonist Mirapex have brought lawsuits against the pharmaceuticals companies involved. Dopamine agonists are associated with various other compulsive behaviours too: it is estimated that up to 14% of Parkinson’s patients who take them experience binge eating, hypersexuality or compulsive shopping or gambling as side effects.
3 February, 2011 @ 5:17 am
Is there currently a class action law suit on going. I started the medication about Oct 2009. My gambling has gotten out of control as of the last few months. I have restless legs and my dr had me on requipx and i told her I had stronger feelings toward gambling, is there something else I can take. She gave me the and I asked her if there was any link to gamling and she said she never heard of it. I have spent more in the last 2 months than I have my entire life. Help me