Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Carbidopa-Levodopa
What is Sinemet?
Sinemet® is a brand name for the combination of the drugs levodopa and carbidopa. The combination is used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease or Parkinson-like symptoms. Sinemet® dosage options available include 10/100mg; 25/100mg; 25/250mg.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treat my MSA | 9 |
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2 | |||
| Treat Parkinson's | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 100% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 50% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 50% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- RebeccaJean
- Sex: F
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Severe
- Autonomic: Severe
- Head: severe
- Arms: severe
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: moderate
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- RebeccaJean
- since Mar 13, 2007
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Efficacy
None
for Treat my MSA
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Side Effects
Moderate
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- btrflynana2
- Sex: F
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Moderate
- Autonomic: Moderate
- Head: none
- Arms: none
- Legs: moderate
- Tremors: none
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- btrflynana2
- 9 x 25 mg-100 mg daily
- since Nov 23, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my MSA
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 23, 2009.