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Carbidopa-Levodopa Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Sinemet, Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100, Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-250, 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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
14 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbidopa-Levodopa.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 6 | 42% |
| Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) | 4 | 28% |
| Depression | 1 | 7% |
| Muscle spasms | 1 | 7% |
| Slow my MS progress | 1 | 7% |
Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Carbidopa-Levodopa.
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Carbidopa-Levodopa or how long patients were taking Carbidopa-Levodopa before stopping.
Currently Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa
Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
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| Slight | 50% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Top reported side-effects include: Dyskinesia, Nausea, Drowsiness
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)
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- ClownsPeach
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by ClownsPeach
Apr 06, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- It is an expensive drug but it worked wonders for me! The reason I stopped taking it is because Dr put me on Requip to help control tremors and it is for RLS too.
- See full evaluation
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Report created on November 08, 2009.