There is a drug out that is supposed to help folks afflicted with "restless leg syndrome". Now if you've ever known anyone or more specifically ever slept with anyone having this disorder....let me tell you, I've woken up many a night with my wife kicking the living shit out of me...so , the drug is called Miripax and it has some crazy side effects. Check it out.....
One of the side effects of Mirapex has been the development of compulsive gambling in people who have not had a problem with gambling before taking the drug. For example, a retired government intelligence worker lost thousands of dollars in slot machines before he discovered that gambling was a Mirapex side effect and stopped taking the drug. A 68-year-old man lost more than $200,000 before his medication was adjusted. A 41-year-old lost more than $5,000 in Internet gambling.
Gambling is only one of the pleasure/reward-seeking activities that can increase in patients taking Mirapex. Other obsessive behaviors include:
Excessive shopping
Overeating
Hypersexuality
All these obsessive behaviors stop immediately when patients are taken off of Mirapex or given a reduced dose.
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Hmmm. Interesting. I think I have restlest p*&%* syndrome. But the only one it seems to bother or wear out is my wife. Think I'll pass on the drugs.
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