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Brand Names: Lodosyn
Generic Name: Carbidopa

What is Carbidopa? Carbidopa is a dopamine agonist. It is generally given with levodopa in the treatment of parkinsonism to enable a lower dosage of levodopa to be used and a more rapid response to be obtained and to decrease side effects.

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Reasons Taken

8 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbidopa.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat Parkinson's 5 62%
Nausea 2 25%
Stiffness/spasticity 1 12%
Other 1 12%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Carbidopa.

  0 mg none 20 mg day 50 mg day 75 mg day 150 mg day
  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

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

Currently taking Carbidopa

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

Stopped taking Carbidopa

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
1
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Carbidopa (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2 100% Doctor's advice: 100%
Did not seem to work 1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1 50% Course of treatment ended: 50%


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