HYPOISM REPRODUCED

BY A PILL

Aside from the massive evidence above from the human genetics and animal inbreeding experiments that show addictions are caused unconsciously and against the will of the addict-to-be there is the recent documentation of a dopamine agonist drug, Pramipexole dihydrochloride, used to treat Parkinson’s Disease, that out of the blue caused gambling addiction in a small number of people on this drug.

Pathological Gambling Caused by Drugs Used to Treat Parkinson Disease,

Arch Neurol. 2005;62, M. Leann Dodd, MD; Kevin J. Klos, MD; James H. Bower, MD; Yonas E. Geda, MD; Keith A. Josephs, MST, MD; J. Eric Ahlskog, PhD, MD.

Once the drug was stopped the addiction completely disappeared. This experience is an excellent example of the exception proving the rule, where an extraneous drug unexpectedly produced the same neurobiological conditions in certain people taking it that the genetics of Hypoism naturally produces and a de novo addiction appeared where there was none before and disappeared when the drug was withdrawn. What was even more interesting was that in addition to the gambling addiction, many of these patients also were observed to overeat, drink alcohol excessively, and act like sex addicts. Hypoism was reproduced by a pill against the will of the people who had this side effect. Now, does this clear up how something that can appear so conscious and willful is actually unconscious and against one’s will? I think so.