{"id":2412640,"date":"2025-03-11T20:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-uncovered-documents-show-widely-prescribed-drug-is-linked-to-deviant-sexual-behavior\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T20:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:43:31","slug":"newly-uncovered-documents-show-widely-prescribed-drug-is-linked-to-deviant-sexual-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-uncovered-documents-show-widely-prescribed-drug-is-linked-to-deviant-sexual-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Uncovered Documents Show Widely Prescribed Drug Is Linked to &#8216;Deviant&#8217; Sexual Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewly-uncovered-documents-show-widely-prescribed-drug-is-linked-to-deviant-sexual-behavior%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report\u200d from the BBC reveals that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been aware for \u200bover twenty years that \u200bdopamine agonist drugs, such \u2062as Ropinirole, can lead to unusual sexual urges and other erratic behaviors in patients, yet the company\u200b has \u200dnot provided explicit warnings in drug \u2063pamphlets. These drugs, commonly \u2063prescribed\u200d for movement disorders \u2064like Parkinson&#8217;s disease,\u200d mimic dopamine, a naturally occurring \u2062pleasure hormone, but can overstimulate feelings of pleasure \u200cwhile \u200binhibiting a sense of consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Patients have reported various impulsive behaviors associated with the medication, \u200dincluding sexual misconduct and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-texans-successfully-killed-casino-gambling-but-the-fight-isnt-over-yet\/\" title=\"Texans stopped casino ..., but the battle continues.\">compulsive gambling<\/a>. For\u200d instance,a man with Parkinson&#8217;s \u2063sexually assaulted a child\u2064 while under the\u200b influence of the drug,while a woman experienced compulsive flashing and risky sexual encounters.Others have developed severe gambling \u2064addictions, leading to notable financial losses. \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Estimates suggest that between 6% and 17% of patients on dopamine agonists \u200bmay \u200bexperience these impulsive behaviors. GSK acknowledges that their pamphlets mention altered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-lgbtq-pride-products-carried-by-retailers-this-year\/\" title=\"5 LGBTQ \u2018Pride\u2019 Products Carried By Retailers This Year\">sexual proclivities<\/a> but have\u2063 been criticized for failing to provide clear warnings about the\u2062 potential for &#8220;deviant&#8221; behavior. The increasing \u2064use of Ropinirole, with over 780,000 patients \u200din the U.S. \u2064as of\u200d 2022, raises concerns about awareness and patient safety regarding these side effects.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A type of drug used to treat patients with movement disorders appears to cause unusual sexual urges and other erratic behaviors, while pharmaceutical firm GSK has known about the side effects for over two decades without explicitly warning patients, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">news report<\/a> from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>A Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgkmrev6z2mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the BBC revealed that the British news outlet obtained documents from GSK showing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warrens-claim-clean-big-pharma-money-falls-apart-revealed-many-millions-give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> knew of &ldquo;deviant&rdquo; sexual behavior associated with dopamine agonist drugs like Ropinirole.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the company does not make explicit warnings about the behaviors clear on drug pamphlets, according to the BBC, which said they only generally warn about heightened libido and possible harmful behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The drugs work by mimicking dopamine, a pleasure hormone natural to the body, but can run the risk of overstimulating that feeling while downplaying the sense of consequences one experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-2nd-video-woody-harrelson-blasting-big-pharma-appears-online-time-bill-maher-agreeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GSK<\/a> told the outlet that the pamphlets do mention a risk of &ldquo;altered&rdquo; sexual proclivities.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Some patients may therefore witness unusual and impulsive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>One such instance involved a 63-year-old man who was taking dopamine agonist drugs to manage his Parkinson&rsquo;s disease but sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl while on the substance.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC referenced cases of women inexplicably drawn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taxpayer-funded-study-pays-gay-minors-to-report-sexual-activity-without-parental-permission\/\" title=\"Taxpayer-Funded Study Pays Gay Minors To Report Sexual Activity Without Parental Permission\">risky sexual behavior<\/a> or other destructive habits like online shopping and gambling, even though they did not have histories of such behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>One woman, identified only as Claire, was prescribed Ropinirole after she developed restless leg syndrome during her pregnancies.<\/p>\n<p>While the medicine at first helped her manage the condition, she started experiencing sexual urges one year after she began taking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/growing-threat-big-pharma-big-tech-media-control-america-warning-echoed-eisenhower-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only way I could describe it is it was just deviant,&rdquo; she told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Claire said she would leave her house early in the morning, wearing a see-through top and jacket while flashing men on the street, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>She did that despite having a partner, increasingly venturing into more dangerous areas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There remains an element in your head that knows what you&rsquo;re doing is wrong, but it affects you to the point that you don&rsquo;t know you&rsquo;re doing it,&rdquo; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Claire realized years later that the Ropinirole was causing the behavior, which stopped &ldquo;almost immediately&rdquo; after she ceased taking the substance.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the man with Parkinson&rsquo;s who assaulted the young girl, his &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">libido problem subsequently resolved&#038;rdquo<\/a>; after the dosage was decreased.<\/p>\n<p>Another case involved a 45-year-old man who experienced &ldquo;uncontrolled acts of exhibitionism and indecent behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A woman named Sue described developing compulsive gambling behavior that caused her to rack up the equivalent of $103,000 in debt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The effect on my family was horrific &mdash; it was life-changing money to lose,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;But at the time I didn&rsquo;t know it was no fault of my own.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Between 6 percent and 17 percent of patients on dopamine agonist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heart-racing-jd-vance-talks-stance-covid-vaccine-rough-experience-taking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drugs<\/a> experience impulsive behaviors like increased sex drives and desires for gambling, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.<\/p>\n<p>There were over 780,000 patients taking Ropinirole in the United States as of 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/clincalc.com\/DrugStats\/Drugs\/Ropinirole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClinCalc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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A BBC report on Monday disclosed that documents obtained from GSK indicated the company was aware of &#8220;deviant&#8221; sexual behavior linked to dopamine agonist drugs like Ropinirole. However, their drug pamphlets only vaguely mention increased libido and potential harmful actions without explicit warnings about these behaviors. These medications mimic dopamine, a natural pleasure hormone in the body, but can overstimulate feelings of pleasure while diminishing awareness of consequences. GSK stated that their pamphlets do acknowledge the risk of &#8220;altered&#8221; sexual tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, some patients may exhibit unusual and impulsive actions. One case involved a 63-year-old man using dopamine agonists for Parkinson&#8217;s disease who sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl while under the influence. The BBC also cited instances where women engaged in risky sexual activities or destructive habits like online shopping and gambling despite having no prior history of such behaviors. One woman named Claire was prescribed Ropinirole for restless leg syndrome during her pregnancies; although it initially helped her condition, she began experiencing deviant sexual urges after one year on the medication. She described her behavior as reckless and noted that she would leave home dressed provocatively despite being in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Claire later realized that Ropinirole was responsible for her actions, which ceased almost immediately after stopping the drug. In another case involving the man with Parkinson&#8217;s disease who assaulted a child, his libido issues improved after reducing his dosage. A 45-year-old man also reported engaging in uncontrolled exhibitionism and indecent acts due to similar medications. Another woman named Sue developed compulsive gambling habits leading to significant debt; she expressed how devastating this was for her family but did not realize at the time it wasn&#8217;t entirely her fault.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UK&#8217;s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, between 6% and 17% of patients taking dopamine agonist drugs experience impulsive behaviors such as heightened sex drives or gambling urges. As of 2022, there were over 780,000 individuals using Ropinirole in the United States<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2412641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prescription-drug-devastating-side-effects-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51966,45572,35046,32068,51967],"class_list":["post-2412640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-drug-safety","tag-medical-research","tag-prescription-drugs","tag-public-health","tag-sexual-behavior"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prescription-drug-devastating-side-effects-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412644,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412640\/revisions\/2412644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}