L-dopa can lead to an increase in hypersexual behavior or compulsive behaviors such as gambling addiction. — Whalespan
L-dopa can lead to an increase in hypersexual behavior or compulsive behaviors such as gambling addiction.
⚠ High risk
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“And there are reports in the literature saying that there is an increase in hypersexual type behavior. You see this in um the the case that I heard years ago on the radio uh was of a woman who was taking L-dopa to treat her Parkinson's and she became a gambling addict.”
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“What that led to, you may know this fascinating story, this probably 25 years ago now, where you know, observant clinicians noted that people on these Parkinson's medications were becoming hypercompulsive gamblers.”