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What is Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-250?

Levodopa 250 mg, a dopamine precursor used to treat the movement disorder symptoms of Parkinson's disease is combined with carbidopa 25 mg. Carbidopa is often included with levodopa-containing drugs in order to boost its efficacy by slowing down the metabolism of dopamine.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat Parkinson's 5 1
General health 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 50%
Mild
1 50%
None
0 0%

Most commonly reported side effects

Tremors, leg and foot
1 50%
Nausea
1 50%
dyskanesia
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  25mg-100mg as needed 25 mg-250 mg all the time (24/7) 25 mg-100 mg daily 25 mg-250 mg daily 3 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 6 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 3 x 25 mg-250 mg daily 8 x 25 mg-250 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-250 (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 67% Doctor's advice: 67%
Course of treatment ended
1 33% Course of treatment ended: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-250

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-250

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

Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-250

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 50%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 50%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 21, 2009.