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[log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Private <[log in to unmask]> To: Ask the Doctor <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 2:42 PM Subject: Re: When is Comtan available to public > ***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] >