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21 patient evaluations for Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100

Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Dec 10, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jun 14, 2013 5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Jul 11, 2012 4 x 25 mg-250 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Oct 09, 2010 2.5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Jul 11, 2012
Advice & Tips
I don't want to miss a dose...world goes to crap if I do and that's why I set alarms
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Oct 09, 2010
Advice & Tips
I hate cutting the pills, but I.m glad to do that for what i get out of them
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Jul 27, 2011)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Apr 18, 2013 As needed Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Side effects:
Dyskinesia
Date
Apr 18, 2013
Advice & Tips
This survey doesn't account for the way i take L-dopa. I started out at 1 tablet every 6 hours. Now I am at 0.75 tablet every 4 hours. So this means i am taking a smaller dose at more frequent intervals as Parkinson's progresses. If I take more than needed, the dyskinesia starts. If I go too long without a dose (usually sitting at work or computer), forget to take it, hand tremor starts.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Jan 07, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Apr 02, 2013 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Jan 09, 2011 6 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Feb 10, 2009 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Apr 02, 2013
Advice & Tips
My neuro doubled my Mirapex dosage which allowed me to elimminate "regular" Sinemet. I now take only Sinemet CR every 6 hours along with other meds.
Cost
$25-49 monthly
Date
Jan 09, 2011
Advice & Tips
New Doc prescribes 1.5 tablets 4Xeach day.
Cost
$25-49 monthly
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Nov 12, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 30, 2013 4.5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Jan 30, 2013
Advice & Tips
After 5-1/2 years med-free, I finally started on levodopa. The symptoms of PD have either gone away (constipation, stooped posture, difficulty walking) or been greatly mitigated (tremor). Best of all, it has enabled me to take my fitness to a new and much higher level. Levodopa has given me my life back.
Cost
$50-99 monthly
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Jul 01, 2006)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 18, 2013 6 x 25 mg-250 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Aug 19, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 29, 2012 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Aug 19, 2011 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Side effects:
Fatigue
Date
May 29, 2012
Advice & Tips
For me, 2 Levodopa/carbidopa 25/100 pills take around an hour to provide improvement. In the meantime, it has a strong sedative effect. When it kicks in, I can walk normally, with normal arm swing. It's wonderful. I haven't timed the "on" period, but I plan to do this. The medication does not wear off gradually, but suddenly: one normal stride followed by a return to stiff, PD shuffle as I walk down a street. I'm warned that the medication is about to go because my neck muscles get a crawly feeling.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Aug 19, 2011
Advice & Tips
I resist taking my generic carbidopa/levodopa because about 45 minutes later a wave of extreme fatigue strikes which usually results in my going to sleep for an hour. I'd rather deal with the stiffness in walking. I'm thinking of shelling out the big bucks for Sinemet to see if it has the same effect.
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Nov 23, 2010)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 15, 2012 4.5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Date
May 15, 2012
Advice & Tips
I've tried it with food and without food; nothing much helps. It usually happens with the morning dose; often I end up going back to bed for a few hours, losing the morning entirely.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Oct 21, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 22, 2012 4 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Dec 20, 2010 4 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Mar 03, 2010 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Feb 04, 2010 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Nov 14, 2009 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Side effects:
Sleep problems, Insomnia, Compulsive behaviors, Drowsiness, Increased insomnia
Date
Dec 20, 2010
Advice & Tips
Thus far, I have had done of the Dyskinesia that I feared. However I have read that it takes up to 4 years to get these uncontrollable body ticks.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Mar 03, 2010
Advice & Tips
It is like a night and day improvement. I wish that I had started on it earlier. Many of my symptoms have beem minimized.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Feb 04, 2010
Advice & Tips
Since beginning Sinemet in 10-09 I can tell a great improvement. When I was only on Mirapex and Azilect, I have many PD symptoms that were not under control. The medicine would only work for about 3 months and then the symptoms yould return. Now that I am on Sinemet, it is like a day and night improvement. The sinemet has almost made the symptoms disappear; something that the Mirapex and Azilect did not do.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Nov 14, 2009
Advice & Tips
I started taking Sinemet kickingi and dragging. I had been on Azilect andn Mirapex for over 18 months. My PD symptoms were increasing: the arm tremors were increasing, walking was turning back into shuffling, I felt confused, etc. I have been on Sinemet for about 3 weeks and I must admit that I haven't felt this good in years. I am talking better, less mumbling, I am actually moving more quickly.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Oct 27, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 09, 2012 As needed Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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Purpose: Parkinson's Disease (Started Apr 09, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Nov 27, 2011 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily ?Can't tell SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Jul 03, 2011 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Dec 01, 2010 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Nov 02, 2010 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Oct 03, 2010 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Sep 07, 2010 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Oct 10, 2009 2 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Aug 21, 2009 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
May 23, 2009 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Apr 25, 2009 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Apr 17, 2009 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Side effects:
Nausea sometimes, Stomach upset, Nausea
Date
Nov 27, 2011
Advice & Tips
Nausea got bad enough that I was losing weight - 20 pounds.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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