Länk - Medicin mot rastlösa ben gjorde patienter destruktivt spelberoende?

published Feb 09, 2007 11:08   by admin ( last modified Feb 09, 2007 11:08 )
Compulsive gambling with extreme losses -- in two cases, greater than $100,000 -- by people without a prior history of gambling problems has been linked to a class of drugs commonly used to treat the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS). A new Mayo Clinic study is the first to describe this compulsive gambling in RLS patients who are being treated with medications that stimulate dopamine receptors in the brain.


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