So you know how those drug commercials always say, “Ask your doctor about taking this pill for depression, but it could also give you diarrhea and make you suicidal?” Well, a man is suing GlaxoSmithKline for a little side effect that they conveniently left off Requip’s warning list.

A 51-year-old married father of two is suing GlaxoSmithKline, saying the pharmaceutical company’s drug he took for Parkinson’s disease has turned him into a gambling and gay sex addict, Agence France-Presse reported.

Didier Jambart, of Nantes, France, began taking Requip (ropinirole) in 2003, which is used to treat Parkinson’s disease — a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement, muscle control and balance.

Jambart’s attorney said his client attempted suicide three times after he lost his family’s savings to Internet gambling and stole money for his habit. Jambart alleges he also became a “compulsive gay sex addict and began exposing himself on the Internet and cross-dressing.” Jambart’s attorney said these antics led his client to be raped.

Jambart stopped taking the drug in 2005, but by that time he had already been demoted from his job and was suffering psychological trauma. He is seeking $610,000 in damages from Glaxo, and his neurologist, whom he says did not accurately warn him about the drug’s potential side effects.

-FOX Health

Well, I’ll be damned. I always thought that being gay was pretty kosher in France. In fact, I thought it was the heteros who were scoffed at in the cobblestone streets and denied rights over there. WE JUST WANT SOME CHARDONNAY LIKE THE REST OF YOU.

So I know everyone’s expecting me to throw down the “FRIVOLOUS LAW SUIT” stamp on this one and file it away in my archives as usual, but I’m actually a little hesitant for two reasons: 1. The fact that it didn’t happen in America, where someone is always trying to get rich by blaming their problems on someone else, lends it a little credibility, and 2. There are definitely chemical influences on nervous system stimulation like the kind you’d get when you’re gambling or having a sexy party. So it’s not as completely outlandish as it seems on the surface.

HAVING SAID THAT, you’re still making the choice to spin the wheel one more time, or what the hell, let’s just put on some ladies underwear and put some pictures on the Internet what’s the worst that could happen? So quit clogging up the legal system and let me enjoy my chardonnay in peace, asshat.

Thanks to Pat for warning me about the side effects of the Internet.

[FOX]