A French appeals court has upheld a ruling ordering GlaxoSmithKline to pay €197,000 (£159,000) to a man who claimed a drug given to him to treat Parkinson's turned him into a 'gay sex addict'.
Didier Jambart, 52, was prescribed the drug Requip in 2003 to treat his illness.
Within two years of beginning to take the drug the married father-of-two says he developed an uncontrollable passion for gay sex and gambling - at one point even selling his children's toys to fund his addiction.
The court heard that Requip's side-effects had been made public in 2006, but had reportedly been known for years. Mr Jambert said that GSK patients should have been informed earlier.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/parkinsons-sufferer-wins-six-figure-payout-from-glaxosmithkline-over-drug-that-turned-him-into-a-gay-sex-and-gambling-addict-8368600.html
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