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Online Casinos Archive » Drugs Giant Sued For Gambling Addiction

Drugs Giant Sued For Gambling Addiction

05 Mar 2006

A 55 year old man, Max Wells, is suing GlaxoSmithKline, claiming that one of the drugs issued by the company to treat Parkinson's disease turned him into a gambling addict. The man is demanding that the $15 million that he spent and lost at the casinos be paid back to him because he claims that he was not in control of his actions when the gambling binges took place, all because of the drugs. The claim is that the drug helps develop compulsive behavior disorders, which in his case took the form of gambling. This could also come up among online casinos fans who suffer from the same disease.

The man is also suing seven casinos in Nevada City, saying that they took advantage of his condition, identified him as a gambling addict and encouraged him to bet his life's savings. Dr. Wells was diagnosed in 2000 with Parkinson's disease and admits that he enjoyed gambling occasionally before the diagnosis. He says that his gambling became compulsive in 2004 when he began taking a drug, Requip. Even when he switched to another drug, Mirapex, the gambling impulse would not abate.

The lawsuit is citing a case study which in which 11 Parkinson's patients who developed compulsive gambling habits while taking Requip or Mirapex and says the casinos should have been aware of the study. The lawsuit states that in place of compassion, the casinos showered him with luxury gifts such as cruises and hotel rooms to win his business. When he came off Requip, his gambling compulsion disappeared, the suit claims. Only time will tell if online casinos gamblers will start taking legal action with the same complaint.

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