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Who knew that, as per the ad I saw last night, the very same drug that can control your twitchy leg at night can also cause an extreme urge to gamble?
posted by Gene Callahan @ 12:50 PM
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If they test a new drug for every bizarre side effect known to man, the drug is bound to get tagged with some of em. If on the other hand they had a reasonable suspicion that led to testing for gambling urge enhancement, now that's spooky. Almost worth looking up the literature.
But isn't it just weird that something that could calm your twitchy leg could also spur you on to gamble recklessly, predicted or not?
My grandparents have known this for some time. They have friends on high blood pressure medication who go to casinos and always end up losing their shirt. Before they were on the medication, Vegas was dull and uninteresting to them.
I suspect it is the same effect.
Weird.
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