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I've something further to add.. Mom spoke to one of my cousins who is a Neuro and she told her that she had prescribed Olanzapine for some of her PD patients who have hallucinations and it works well, except that there are some side effects. The thing that Mom mentioned was that it made them very sleepy. If it does work well, maybe it would help people who cannot take something like Tasmar - might be something to check with your doctor about? Light is just slowly dawning on me about the 'having-no-health-insurance' probs But I don't want to start on the healthcare system in this country- :-( abi > >In a message dated 4/21/98 6:50:17 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] >writes: > ><< > My Dad (72) has PD and is on Duodopa (110 mg taken 1/2, 1/2, 1/2). He is > also taking 25 mg of Tasmar everyday (since the last 2-3 weeks). My mother > tells me that he is experiencing a lot of hallucinations at times due to this > (mostly in the afternoons). His neuro thinks that he might try Olanzapine > for the hallucinations. I just typed in the name in Alta Vista and its > thrown up a huge list that I am yet to real in details. But skimming across > somethings does make me think that this is what Mom was talking about- she > told me over the phone and I wrote it down. > >> > >I don't know about "olanzapine" for mental; disturbances. However, Clozapine >is useful in PWPs. It returns the mindset of those with medicine induced >mental dysfunction (mostly paranoid or inappropriate manic thinking) to >something less antisocial. It almost seems good for what ails PWPs in the >mental department. However, I do not know if it is prescribed for >hallucinations and it requires a lot of blood testing to use. > >Regards, >WHH >