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An absolute travesty of a headline and D grade clickbait reporting.
The award shows that there was enough evidence to determine that the drug induced a significant and damaging change to his psyche, which put him and his family through years of danger and hell. But let's all have a laugh cos gay sex.
something tells me the drug disinhibited and it unleashed his true self. much like how alcohol disinhibits people.
And what is telling you that?
It's a dopamine agonist. Impulse control issues are a possible side effect.
Did he not tell his doctor for several years that he was all-of-a-sudden addicted to sex and gambling?
Maybe it’s just me but I would think “wow, this is unexpected behavior. Maybe I should talk to my doctor about my sudden urge for gay sex.”
I thought the Independent was better than this but this is the second awful clickbait article I’ve seen in the last day.
Do you really think the average person would think "oh, surely there's a straightforward medical explanation" instead of being ashamed & hiding the issue? Especially if they weren't informed of this being a side effect of their medication?
If it came on suddenly after taking the medication? Yeah. Absolutely. That’s actually what doctors are relying on, is being informed when things change.
It’s why the warnings for medications always say “if things change, consult the person who prescribed it.”
I have literally gone to the doctor and asked if my embarrassing side effect could be because of a medication. It was, so I stopped taking that medication. I didn’t wait several years.
How do you know it came on suddenly? The article says:
Within two years of beginning to take the drug the married father-of-two says he developed an uncontrollable passion for gay sex and gambling - at one point even selling his children's toys to fund his addiction.
"Within two years" implies that it developed over this time frame. That's anything but sudden, especially since it most likely started off with sporadic impulses and got more intense over time - how addictions usually go.
So be honest - if you were a straight man, and one day out of the blue thought "hey, that strangers butt looks sexy", would you really suspect that the cause might be the medication you started 3 months ago?
This is so pedantic. Splitting hairs about “suddenly.”
Did he not tell his doctors for several years? Why not?
If I had an addiction that spiraled out of control that I tried to kill myself eight times in two years, I would have gone to someone and talked about all of my medications at length. Over and over again. Probably after the second or third time I tried to kill myself.
I wanted to kill myself for years, and guess what? I kept wondering what the fuck it was and kept talking to doctors about it. It was embarrassing but after decades of work I finally feel better.
Would morons do that? No. But I’m not a moron. I think the average person is better than a moron. You don’t.
This man didn’t, and that’s why he got a whopping 200k euros or whatever for living through hell. Because he apparently didn’t bother? That’s what I’m asking.
Wow. Just... wow. A huge number of people all over the world struggle with addictions and go as far as committing suicide without ever seeking help due to the shame & prejudices associated with them, and your response is "those people are morons".
Wow.
It is all right there in the drug profile sheet: https://www.drugs.com/requip.html
I'm wondering if we could reverse engineer the process to treat addictions and unwanted impulses?
“Your honor my client absolutely loves dude butt sex and blackjack now” ….. stuff of legend folks
Okay so Requip! OK I'll ask the doctor.
I should sue the Catholic church for making me a gay sex addict.
That’s a helluva drug
Damn, and I've been doing it for free
You fucked up bro, shouldve blamed it on advil or something
Your honor since taking the product my client has been betting nonstop on semi pro japanese soccer while pegging himself to a shirtless edward norton in American history x
One more key point:
The court heard that Requip's side-effects had been made public in 2006, but had reportedly been known for years.
If the manufacturer did not know about these side effects despite their best efforts the awarded damages would presumably have been lower. If the side effects were known to the patient prior to taking the drug, there wouldn't have been a case at all.