diff --git a/MySQLdb/cursors.py b/MySQLdb/cursors.py
index 7c01870..348a586 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/cursors.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/cursors.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ restr = r"""
                 (?:
                         (?:\(
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-                            [^)]*
+                            .*
                         \))
                     |
                         '