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Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 12:39
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Subject: Re: Medication confused
on 11/29/99 9:41 AM, Parkinson's Disease Foundation at [log in to unmask]
wrote:
Tasmar, Mirapex and Permax are all
drugs under the classification of agonist. These drugs, very simply put,
stimulate the cells that receive dopamine, making them more sensitive to the
limited amounts of DA available in the brain. This allows most patients
to take less Sinemet than they otherwise would taking Sinemet
alone.
Tasmar is a COMT-inhibitor. it extends the
residence time of levodopa from Sinemet in the bloodstream. this slows the
metabolic activity that converts levodopa into inactive
chemical.
ron
Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD
dz
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