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Thanks, Joe...much appreciated. Yer a good man, Charlie Brown. : )
Judith
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Joe Bruman wrote:

>NMS, AWS                                              August 1999
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>In its chapter on antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs, The Metck
>Manual briefly describes the rare but life-threatening condition
>Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS), due to use of such drugs.
>About 1% of such users are at risk of NMS, and about 10% of the
>victims die. But NMS also may arise from use of drugs other than
>neuroleptics, specifically some common anti-PD drugs. Symptoms
>and signs are rather complex, but the main ones are high fever,
>muscular rigidity, and altered mental state.
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Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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