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To: Slings and Arrows
Sinemet - long used drug for Parkenson’s Disease. Here is one side effect:
Note hypersexuality. Nervous System/Psychiatric: psychotic episodes including delusions, hallucinations, and paranoid ideation, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, bradykinetic episodes (”on-off” phenomenon), confusion, agitation, dizziness, somnolence, dream abnormalities including nightmares, insomnia, paresthesia, headache, depression with or without development of suicidal tendencies, dementia, pathological gambling, increased libido including hypersexuality, impulse control symptoms. Convulsions also have occurred; however, a causal relationship with Sinemet has not been established.

Sexual side effects of Parkinson disease drugs is long established.

17 posted on 02/12/2011 9:16:52 PM PST by Bronzy (We Remembered In November.)
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To: Bronzy

My son has a good friend who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s (age 23). He was counseled on the side effect of hypersexuality when he was prescribed his drugs and was also told to stay out of the casinos. They didn’t mention turning him gay though.


22 posted on 02/12/2011 11:11:27 PM PST by Montanabound
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To: Bronzy

“Sinemet - long used drug for Parkenson’s Disease. Here is one side effect:
Note hypersexuality. Nervous System/Psychiatric: psychotic episodes including delusions, hallucinations, and paranoid ideation, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, bradykinetic episodes (”on-off” phenomenon), confusion, agitation, dizziness, somnolence, dream abnormalities including nightmares, insomnia, paresthesia, headache, depression with or without development of suicidal tendencies, dementia, pathological gambling, increased libido including hypersexuality, impulse control symptoms. Convulsions also have occurred; however, a causal relationship with Sinemet has not been established.”

Other than that, the tremors stopped.


24 posted on 02/12/2011 11:20:43 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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