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catechol-o-methyl transferase
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catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT)
[kat′əkol′ōmeth′il]
an enzyme that deactivates the catecholamines dopa, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT),
n an enzyme that deactivates epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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Treatments Various treatments for example, medications such as levodopa, Dopamine agonists, MAO B inhibitors, Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors, etc.
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In contrast, PD patients are treated with a cocktail of drugs but predominantly with dopaminergic drugs such as Levodopa and/or dopamine agonists either as a monotherapy or in combination with catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors or monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors.
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