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Bill< I am visitiing my neuro this am. I will ask about olanzapine or clozaril TM. He is a nuero/psyche. We discussed it when I was struggling with meds. As I recall there is a weekly blood test. Not sure on that. Hope to tell you more! Regards, Greg Leeman 37/7 HEIT BILL wrote: > 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