hi all At 23:37 2001/01/11 -0500, hilary wrote: >calling all doctors, pharmacists and other learned persons....... > >could someone please tell me if this is a safe and popular >drug. what exactly is it used for and what are the hidden dangers? >I have the pdr information, i mean, how does it relate to dopamine >and/or pd? if one had a genetic predisposition to pd, would this >be a dangerous drug to take? > >thanks > >hilary blue >(52,33,24) it's an anti-psychotic drug which has recently been described as increasing parkinson symptoms and is no longer recommended for pd patients clozapine and olanzapine have been compared recently clozapine did not cause the problems that olanzapine did there's lots of info in the list archives; try sending the command: SEARCH OLANZAPINE CLOZAPINE IN PARKINSN FROM 20000101 TO TODAY to: [log in to unmask] if you need more general information try searching using the keywords: ZYPREXA OLANZAPINE MONOGRAPH at google: http://www.google.com janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/