A group of people who are afflicted from Parkinson's disease claimed that their medicine has caused them an addiction to gambling and sex. The treatment for curing tremors associated with Parkinson's disease developed a variety of uncharacteristic addictive disorders, heard the Federal Court in Melbourne.
Pfizer Australia and Aspen Pharmacare Australia breached a duty of care to the customers on several fronts, as per the lawyers. The companies didn’t properly research the possible side effects of the drug and also didn’t give proper warning about the increased risks of obsessive disorders. The company was also blamed that even after knowing about the increased risks, it failed to withdraw the drug from sale.
Some of the drug users have become addicted to pornography and many of them have lost their money to gambling. As a matter of fact, the compulsive behavior ceased once they gave up taking the drug.
Arnold Thomas and Becker from Melbourne law firms represent the claimants, who are suing the companies, for advertising a class of drug known as dopamine agonists.
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