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>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:42:32 >Subject: Re: When is Comtan available to public >To: "Ask the Doctor" <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Private"[log in to unmask] >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > >***A message from Ask the Doctor*** > comtan should be in drug stores by 1 december 1999 if you have >difficulty in obtaining comtan go to our web page parkinson.org and click >under comtan this will give you infomration on the drug and an address for >novartis, east hanover new jersey, the manufacturer of the drug > comtan is similar to tasmar in that it blocks an enzyme, comt, which >breaksdown dopa comtan, like tasmar, prolongs the actions of dopa > comtan is shorter acting than tasmar, with each dose of dopa you have >to take a dose of comtan with tasmar you had to take the tasmar only three >times a day no matter how many doses of dopa you took > tasmar gets into the brain, comtan does not, no one knows if this is >an advantage or a disadvantage > no liver problems have been reported with comtan this is the major >advantage > whether in an individual patient comtan works as well as tasmar will >be trial and error if the doses are comparable they should work alike > for more information go to our web site parkinson.org click onto >library on the left hand side of the page, click onto on line pulbications, >go the parkinson medications, and down load information on comt inhibitors > >--- >You are currently subscribed to askthedoctor as: [log in to unmask] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [log in to unmask] > janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset e-mail - [log in to unmask] web-site - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/