Chinese Dams Damaging to Downstream Neighbors
China is notorious for damming its rivers in an attempt to supply power to
part of their enormous population. But it isn't just the Chinese who are
forced to deal with the side effects.
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Inside Europe | 15.03.2008 | 07:05
The bizarre side effects of a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease
Mirapex is a drug that’s been widely prescribed in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
But hundreds of patients have complained about devastating and bizarre side effects.
They claim that since taking the medication they find themselves in the grip of an uncontrollable urge. Most often they feel compelled to gamble heavily. There have been other cases of compulsive shopping, eating and having sex.
These cases have frequently resulted in broken marriages, bankruptcy, depression and even suicide.
As a major international lawsuit looms, Stephen Beard reports on the likely causal link between the drug and the compulsive disorders.
compulsion (DESIRE) Show phonetics
noun [C]【心】強迫（観念）.
a very strong or uncontrollable desire (to do something repeatedly):
For many people, dieting is a compulsion.
[+ to infinitive] I seem to have a constant compulsion to eat.
compulsive Show phonetics
adjective
1 doing something a lot and unable to stop doing it:
a compulsive liar/thief/eater
compulsive gambling
a compulsive eating disorder
2 describes a film, play, sports event, book, etc. that is so interesting or exciting that you do not want to stop watching or reading it:
I always find programmes about hospitals compulsive viewing.
Her latest book is compulsive reading/a compulsive read.
compulsively Show phonetics
adverb
too much and in a way that shows you are unable to stop:
She exercises/cleans/works compulsively.
side effect noun [C]
an unpleasant effect of a drug that happens in addition to the main effect:
Does this drug have any side effects?
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