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10 February 2026
Early in 2025, BBC Investigations Correspondent Noel Titheradge his first story about a classification of prescription drug with uncommon side impacts.
People who take dopamine agonist drugs for conditions like Parkinson's illness or Restless Legs Syndrome typically report impulse control conditions - issues with gambling, compulsive consuming or shopping, or hypersexuality.
He wasn't expecting the action. After that very first post was published more than 200 people got in touch - that's me, they said, that's my partner, that's my papa.
So Noel started digging.