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Can a Parkinson's Disease treatment cause compulsive gambling, and if so, who is liable for losses incurred?
 
A Texas man is suing GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of the drug in question, Requip, as well as some Nevada Casinos, after he lost $15 million while taking the drug.
 
He alleges that the drug company failed to adequately warn him of this potential side effect and that the casinos knowingly took advantage of him.

Gambler sues drugs giant for $15m loss -

Telegraph.co.uk - 2/25/2006 7:07 PM

A retired doctor who blew $15 million (£8.5 million) in Las Vegas is accusing a drug company of turning him into a compulsive gambler and is suing to get his money back.
 
The former pathologist, from Austin, Texas, is also suing seven casinos in the Nevada city, claiming that they took advantage of his condition and encouraged him to bet his life savings and should have known that he had the degene
 
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Comment On: Parkinson's Drug Connected to Compulsive Gambling
Posted by Delores Leach on 8/18/2007 | Filed Under: Parkinson's Disease

I took the drug Requip between 2000 and 2003 at which time I had an increase in gambling obsession. I lost 150,000 dollars of my retirement money and my job. I finally had to take bankruptcy and lost everything except my home. I would like to see a class action suit against the company that makes Requip.


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