Thursday, May 7, 2015

Pfizer to compensate Parkinson’s sufferers over gambling, sex addictions

Victorian court approves payout deal with company after patients developed gambling, sex and eating addictions after taking Cabaser and Dostinex

Parkinson’s disease sufferers who developed gambling, eating and sexual addictions after taking Pfizer medications could share in millions of dollars in compensation, after a Victorian court approved a deal with the company.

Patients who used Cabaser, to treat tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease, or Dostinex, for increased prolactin levels, claimed to have gambled away entire life savings after taking the drug despite not having pre-existing gambling problems.

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