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Carbidopa-Levodopa Treatment Report

Brand Names: Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100, Sinemet 25/100

What is Carbidopa-Levodopa? Levodopa is a dopamine precursor used to treat the movement disorder symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Carbidopa is often included with levodopa-containing drugs in order to boost its efficacy by slowing down the metabolism of dopamine.

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Reasons taken

4 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbidopa-Levodopa.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1 25%
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 25%
Parkinsonism 1 25%
Balance problems 1 25%

Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Carbidopa-Levodopa.

  3 mg daily 25 mg-100 mg daily 2 x 25 mg-100 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Carbidopa-Levodopa or how long patients were taking Carbidopa-Levodopa before stopping.

Currently Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
1
1

Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
0
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Doctor's advice 1 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

Report created on November 08, 2009.