Some Parkinson's patients will be taking Tasmar (tolcapone)

March 1998

Some Parkinson's patients will be taking Tasmar (tolcapone). It's the first drug in a new class...called COMT inhibitors.

COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) is an enzyme that metabolizes levodopa to an INACTIVE metabolite. Blocking this enzyme increases the half-life of levodopa and prolongs its effect.

Think of Tasmar as a "levodopa booster."

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Some Parkinson's patients will be taking Tasmar (tolcapone)

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