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will johnston wrote: > > At 07:35 PM 2/19/97 -0500, you wrote: > >On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Lynn Ann Berg wrote: > > > >> Is there a generic form of Eldepryl available as of yet? I have been > >> downsized from my job as a nurse and with my PD am having a hard time > >> finding a new position. With my job went my health insurance so $120 per mo > >> for Eldepryl is hard. Lynn Berg. > >> > >Lynn Ann: In recent months the exclusive patent went off of Eldepryl and > >DuPont Pharma began marketing a tablet called CARBEX (Selegiline HC) which > >they claim is therapeutically identical to Eldepryl (which is now in > >capsule form). Like Eldepryl the manufacturer of CARBEX recommends 10 mg > >per day in 5mg doses at breakfast and lunch. There is no additional > >benefit to more than a total of 10mg per day -- in fact more thaaan 10 mg > >a day may cause serious side effects. > > > >-------------------- > > Sid Roberts 67/dx3 > > [log in to unmask] Youngstown, Ohio > > > SELEGILINE is also available from Lederle and TEV [I think that name is > right] of Israel are also selling generic Eldepryl. Prices are coming down. > > Will > And here's to long "ons" and short "offs" I added my name to the list for a friend. I didn't know it would generate so much e-mail. Please remove me from the list thanks