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Hey, this is interesting re the DBS which is supposed to substitute for dopamine loss in some way, stopping compulsive gambling, right? Could we be suffering from too much dopamine? This gets stranger and stranger. I have never had any interest in gambling because I have such bad luck. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 6:06 AM Subject: Re: DAs & Gambling: The Non-Story, Part III - addendum II > "Certainly the overall incidence of excessive gambling in pd, including > the 752 sujects prescribed pergolide and ropinerole.. does not exceed the > accepted general population expectations." as far as I am concerned, knowing DA can push people to compulsions is already something. It is easy to diminish/stop the drug. If no result, look further but at least one can try stopping or changing the agonist first. Ther is one instance of a french PWP ( an MD) who gambled away money, house and all. To everyone´s surprise the urge only stopped when he had DBS, which wasn´t the aim. That was many years ago. Now they do use DBS for some compulsive behaviour. Maryse cg JOhn 77,17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn