Carbidopa/levodopa, also known as levocarb and co-careldopa, is the combination of the two medications carbidopa and levodopa. It is primarily used to...
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Carbidopa/levodopa/entacapone, sold under the brand name Stalevo among others, is a dopaminergic fixed-dose combination medication that contains carbidopa...
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Carbidopa (Lodosyn) is a drug given to people with Parkinson's disease in order to inhibit peripheral metabolism of levodopa. This property is significant...
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with carbidopa (as levodopa/carbidopa), with benserazide (as levodopa/benserazide), and with both carbidopa and entacapone (as levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone)...
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treatment of Parkinson's disease. Entacapone together with levodopa and carbidopa allows levodopa to have a longer effect in the brain and reduces Parkinson's...
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bioavailability of levodopa. COMT inhibitors significantly decrease off time in people with Parkinson's disease also taking carbidopa/levodopa. Marketed Entacapone...
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precursor and hence non-selective dopamine receptor agonist levodopa (L-DOPA), and carbidopa, a peripherally selective aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase...
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such as carbidopa or benserazide. These agents increase the strength and duration of levodopa. Combination formulations include levodopa/carbidopa and levodopa/benserazide...
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decarboxylation inhibitor and prodrug for carbidopa; and foslevodopa, an aromatic amino acid and prodrug for levodopa that was developed by AbbVie. The combination...
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bromocriptine or amantadine. Other treatments include amantadine, carbidopa-levodopa, donepezil, memantine, and oral magnesium oxide. Fourteen-year-old...
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study of the treatment of periodic limb movements in sleep using carbidopa/levodopa and propoxyphene". Sleep. 16 (8). Oxford University Press (OUP): 717–23...
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Oxitriptan (section Oxitriptan/carbidopa combination)
65–72. doi:10.1177/0269881108094299. PMID 18719048. S2CID 23562225. "Carbidopa/Levodopa". Truestarhealth.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014...
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inhibitors) such as carbidopa and benserazide to restrict metabolism and activation in the periphery. Carbidopa/levodopa and levodopa/benserazide are used...
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Management of Parkinson's disease (section Levodopa)
are carbidopa/levodopa (co-careldopa, trade names Sinemet, Pharmacopa, Atamet) and benserazide/levodopa (co-beneldopa, trade name Madopar). Levodopa has...
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Y.; Ziegler, D. (1976). "Psychiatric symptoms with initiation of carbidopa-levodopa treatment". Neurology. 26 (7): 679–700. doi:10.1212/wnl.26.7.699....
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Parkinson's disease Vimpat (lacosamide), an anticonvulsant Atamet (carbidopa/levodopa) for Parkinson's disease Nayzilam (midazolam) for Seizure Clusters...
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Fox manages the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease with the drug carbidopa/levodopa. He had a thalamotomy in 1998. His first book, Lucky Man, focused...
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Choreoathetosis is also a common presentation of dyskinesia as a side effect of levodopa-carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease. The use of crack cocaine or...
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Parkinson's disease (section Levodopa)
for more levodopa to cross. They are normally used in the management of later symptoms, but can be used in conjunction with levodopa/carbidopa when a person...
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with 250 times the water solubility of tablet levodopa. In combination with carbidopa, as melevodopa/carbidopa (brand name Sirio), it is approved for use...
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patients with neuropsychiatric sequalae of stroke. A combination of carbidopa/levodopa and pergolide has been reported to substantially improve the outcome...
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Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) is a form of dyskinesia associated with levodopa (l-DOPA), used to treat Parkinson's disease. It often involves hyperkinetic...
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dopamine-responsive dystonia; currently, this condition is typically treated with carbidopa/levodopa, which directly restores dopamine levels within the brain. Nitric...
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production. In June 2023, the US FDA declined to approve a drug (carbidopa-levodopa) designed to help control symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients...
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153, 375 "Spectrophotometric determination of microquantities of Carbidopa, Levodopa and alpha-methyldopa using molybdatophosphoric acid", P. B. Issopoulos...
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Suneel (April 2013). "Extended-release carbidopa-levodopa (IPX066) compared with immediate-release carbidopa-levodopa in patients with Parkinson's disease...
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Complementary: Cladribineα Glatiramer acetateα Rituximabα Biperiden Levodopa/carbidopa (levodopa + carbidopa) Albendazole Ivermectin Levamisole Mebendazole Niclosamide...
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44 lbs/20.1 kg Parcopa Schwarz Pharma yes carbidopa/levodopa DDC inhibitors [carbidopa], Dopamine precursor [levodopa] Parkinson's disease adults Pepcid RPD...
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Spersallerg (antazoline/tetrahydrozoline) Allergic conjunctivitis Stalevo (carbidopa/levodopa/entacapone) Parkinson's disease Tasigna (nilotinib) Chronic myelogenous...
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Levodopa/benserazide, sold under the brand name Prolopa among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease...
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