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Freddie finds out his dad鈥檚 been scammed - to his horror, he hears that his father Bill has been speaking to multiple women in Ghana who he鈥檇 met on Skype, and sent them 拢300,000.

And Steve鈥檚 wife finds out about his camgirl habit when he makes a payment to one of the sites on their joint credit card.

Neither Bill nor Steve has any idea why they鈥檝e been behaving erratically.

Noel meets retired neurologist Paul Morrish, who remembers that doctors were starting to notice their patients experiencing unusual side effects from dopamine agonist drugs as far back as the early 2000s.

So why weren鈥檛 some patients being properly warned fifteen years later?

And neuropsychiatry professor Valerie Voon from the University of Cambridge explains how dopamine affects our perception of reward vs risk - which means people taking dopamine agonists can be prone to taking more risks.

Details of organisations offering help and support with some of the issues raised are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

If you have any concerns about medication you鈥檙e taking, speak to your doctor.

Presenter: Noel Titheradge
Producer: Lucy Burns
Editor: Matt Willis
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