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What is Sinemet Plus?

Sinemet Plus is an international brand name for the combination of levodopa and carbidopa. The combination is used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease or Parkinson-like symptoms.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat Parkinson's 15 2
Mobility 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleeplessness
1 50%
Unbalanced/Clumsy
1 50%
Memory Loss
1 50%
Headaches
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Sinemet Plus. See all 14 dosages ►

  12 mg daily 25 mg-100 mg daily 25 mg-100 mg daily 1.5 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 4 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 450 mg daily 4.5 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 5 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 6 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 10 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 5 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sinemet Plus (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
1 100% Side effects too severe: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Sinemet Plus

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Sinemet Plus

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
2
1
5

Stopped Taking Sinemet Plus

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
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
1 50%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 21, 2009.