Oh my gosh, I'm SO glad I haven't given up here. I've known that because I didn't stop gambling immediately that it wasn't me but the still the effect of the drug because its not who I am (or was) - whatsoever. I will beat this!! Since I made the connection back in the spring of this year (because of Belinda!) it's been mentioned to me a few times (by the boyfriend since day 1, a lawyer just recently as of two days ago, and implied in some of the stories I've read from other victims that AS SOON AS the victim (and thats what we are) stopped taking the drug the complusion to gamble just should go away (or has.) Well it didn't for me nor did it for Gary Charbonneau - the first victim. What a relief in so many aspects : )
"Gary Charbonneau says he was prescribed Mirapex in December 1997 to treat his Parkinson’s disease and stopped taking it in November 2005. He claims the drug caused him to become a compulsive gambler from March 2002 to February 2006..."
"The drugmakers argued the FDA concluded after additional research that “available information does not constitute proof of a cause and effect relationship” between Mirapex and “intense impulse behavior.” And they maintained the four-year time difference between when Charbonneau started taking Mirapex and began gambling indicates “gambled as a matter of choice, not compulsion.” I think not and either did a jury.
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/07/compulsive-gambler-wins-lawsuit-over-mirapex/
Since speaking with a lawyer two days ago I've been searching the internet trying to find studies, answers etc as to why I continued to gamble after I stopped the drug as I KNEW there was a connection.
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