tolcapone

tolcapone
tol·ca·pone (tōlґkə-pōn″) [USP] a reversible inhibitor of catechol O-methyltransferase; when administered with levodopa and carbidopa or some other aromatic amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor, it produces more sustained plasma levels of levodopa; used as a treatment adjunct in Parkinson disease; administered orally.

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