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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 and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) 3 1
Other 2 0
Depression 1 0
Slow my MS progress 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  50 mg daily 25 mg-100 mg daily 25 mg-250 mg daily 2 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 250 mg daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Sinemet

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.