Posted on 07/20/2006 7:23:50 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
So now she's gambling on the legal system. Cool.
You've got to be f-ing kidding me?
My father took dopamine for his Parkinsons. His behavior became very weird and disturbing. He was totally not my father any more. We had it drastically reduced nad the tremours came back but he was himself again.
Crazy as it sounds, compulsive behavior appears to be a rare side-effect of dopamine agonists. The media is picking up on the gambling because it sounds sensational, but they've documented all sorts of sudden-onset compulsions: over-eating, sex, shopping, hand-washing, etc.
holy cow, that's really incredible...
Shades of Kathy Willet, Batman! Remember Kathy claimed Prozac fueled her nymphomania. I think she just ate too many twinkies. Nevermind, it paid her hefty mortgage in Tamarack.
Isn't it? You take Grandpa Fred to Walgreens for his new prescription and the next thing you know, he's blowing your inheritance on 3 hookers a night :)
and the next line from my girlfriend would be "Honey, why have you been spending some much time with Grandpa Fred the past few weeks???" : )
While I think she's looking for deep pockets, I have also read about similar things and I think she probably has a case. This drug actually does seem to stimulate compulsive behavior in some people, and it's not necessarily anything that they have had a problem with in the past and one could attribute to extreme but basically normal behavior. The brain is a truly strange thing, and drugs that tinker with it - for beneficial purposes on one level - should be watched very carefully for other effects.
Can I hang out with Grandpa Fred?
If the drug is beneficial to 99% of those who take it, and harmful to 1%, I don't think the 1% should sue for bad side effects.
It's like suing peanut farmers if you find you or your child are allergic to peanuts.
And even a 1% bad side effect would probably eliminate the drug from ever being marketed.
So now she's gambling on the legal system. Cool
BINGO!!LOL!!!I'm gonna go down to CVS, load up on aspirin, go do some crazy stuff and when the bill comes in, sue Bayer!!!Sheesh!
Hope she gets enough to buy a new Serta.
Bad, bad grandson! :)
What about her doctor who was prescribing this medicine? She was taking it for 2 years or so? Someone was writing the prescriptions.
I have restless leg syndrome, and its awful. When the new medicine (old for Parkinson's) came out for it I read up on it and thought about asking my dr. about it. What I did notice in my reading was in the adverse effects or side effects or cautions or somesuch, was a warning about addiction to gambling. Mentioned specifically, which I thought was very very strange. That's been about a year, so the side effect has been noticed and noted.
I decided against taking the medicine, since it was so new and unknown for that usage. Some of this stuff gets rushed out and prescribed as the new wonder drug, but I think that's their large clnical trials - when it gets prescribed so much they can really see what the side effects are.
I still spend most night kicking my legs around trying to get to sleep, or having to get out of bed altogether and walk around.
Talk to Hand em their arse. You may be able to carpool.
Oh, I agree. I was just pointing out the fact that this is a legitimate side effect, and like anything from burping to getting homicidal, the person taking the drug is often not warned. Clearly, once she realized she had a problem, she should have taken steps to deal with it.
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