| ▲ | bunderbunder 3 hours ago | |
Yes. One interesting example is that compulsive gambling is a side effect of a certain class of drugs for treating Parkinson’s disease. https://parkinsonsjournal.com/en/parkinsons-disease/gambling... | ||
| ▲ | mrguyorama 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
That's because parkisons drugs can upregulate a certain protein that is implicated in all forms of addiction that feature that kind of "seeking" behavior and modification of the reward system! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSB#Role_in_addiction We found that if you give an addicted rat a chemical which suppresses the expression of this gene, it will improve their addiction situation, reduce seeking behaviors, etc. We found that in 2015. | ||
| ▲ | fragmede an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Another interesting thing is that GLP-1s anecdotally treat compulsive gambling. | ||