07-Apr-06. Parkinson’s drugs linked to gambling. Edmonton Journal, B5.

A newly released University of Calgary study of patients with Parkinson’s disease found six per cent developed a gambling addiction while taking medication or after undergoing surgery. The Alberta scientists are among the first to publish statistics on the link between gambling and treatments for the disease that is best known for causing tremors in those afflicted. Dr. Oksana Suchowersky, who presented the study to an American Academy of Neurology meeting Thursday, said Calgary researchers also observed patients taking Parkinson’s drugs who shopped and ate compulsively.