On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:57 AM, patandpaula wrote: > charlotte, what is comtan?? thanks paula > Paula Comtan- (entacapone) http://www.comtan.com/ You can see its data by clicking on precsribing info ......button It extends Sinemet in my case very effectively for 1.5 and even up to 2 hrs. So for last year I have not had to either increase Sinemet frequency or dosage level. 2-Sinemet 25/100's-taken 6x or every 4 hrs day or nite- wd wear out on me "Off times after 3.25 hrs" Comtan with no major side effects for me extends the 3hrs 15 minutes- up to 5 hrs In Canada its expensive-1.79/pill x 6 per day= $10.74/day and not covered by pharmacare:-( Mirapix, Requip- both gave me life threatening edema. and asleep attacks at the wheel in driving. Seligilene-edepryl-- didn't work at all Don 53/5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn