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• Compulsive Behavior Warnings for Requip, Mirapex, Similar Drugs Need to be Stronger: Public Citizen

  June 30, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Public Citizen is calling for black box warnings on drugs that cause compulsive behaviors like gambling and sex addiction.

• Pfizer Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Gambling, Sex Addiction Side Effects

  May 11, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  Pfizer has reached a tentative settlement over claims that Parkinson's disease drugs similar to the antipsychotic Abilify can cause impulsive behavior, like gambling and sex addiction.

• Requip, Risperdal Warning Issued Over Possible Medication Mistakes

  June 14, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Due to a similar name and similar packaging, hundreds of people have confused the drugs Requip and Risperdal, leading to...

• Parkinson’s Drugs Side Effects linked to Compulsive Gambling and Sex

  April 14, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  New research suggests that approximately 18% of patients treated with therapeutic doses of dopamine agonists to treat Parkinson’s disease could...