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Parkinson's Drug Side-Effect -- Gambling?

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A drug given to Parkinson's patients may have an unexpected side-effect -- compulsive gambling, U.S. researchers said on Monday. "Seven men and two women were found to have gambling behavior severe enough to cause financial hardship, and two patients reported losses greater than $60,000," they wrote in their report, published in the journal Neurology

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