hi all At 09:32 1999/07/30 -0700, bob wrote, in part: >Neuroleptics are dangerous drugs. They have some uses in >severe psychosis, but not in other conditions... in my digging through the net for info on this [and thanks to carole for that excellent link to the virtual hospital] i rarely see mention of parkinson's disease are the 'standard' pd meds considered neuroleptics? or are neuroleptics exclusively used for other [psychosis] conditions? would tasmar [tolcapone] be considered a neuroleptic? or is the tasmar warning connecting too fast med withdrawal with a potential risk for NMS thus quite unusual? janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>