'Painkiller pills turned me gay' claims man who ditched his girlfriend after breaking his foot

April 17, 2018  15:38

A 23-year-old man has claimed that painkillers he took after a go-karting accident unexpectedly turned him gay.

Scott Purdy, 23, described himself as a hot-blooded heterosexual who enjoyed dating women before he started taking painkiller Pregabalin, also known as Lyrica.

He believes the drug caused him to lose his sexual attraction to women and prompted him to dump his girlfriend because he realised he was attracted to men.

Scott was prescribed the drug after breaking his foot earlier this year. He said: “I noticed my libido for women had gone and I was wanting male attention. I was with a girlfriend I had been with for around six months. I had never been interested in men. When I was younger I was a little bit curious but…"

Scott added: “I just think people should know about this."

He says that it was only after taking Pregabalin that his sexual preferences changed.

He said: 'I feel if this has happened to other people and I'm not the only one I would be outraged but in a sense not be because if I had known this was a side effect before I would not have taken them but now I'm happy.

'I'm not angry because it's made me who I am.'

Pregabalin or Lyrica is a medication used to treat epilepsy, pain associated with the brain, and generalized anxiety disorder.

Its documented side effects include loss of libido and mood swings.

 

 

 

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