132 patient evaluations for Carbidopa-Levodopa

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May 15, 2012 (Started Nov 23, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (nausea)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 4.5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
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
  • 1 helpful mark

Apr 26, 2012 (Started Jul 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: 1. Use trial and error to find best frequency for you. 2. Do not withhold medication-there is no benefit to doing this and you could end up speeding the progression of the disease. 3. Clearly the most effective PD medication for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 14, 2012 (Started Sep 01, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 6 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 15, 2010 (Started Aug 15, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple system atrophy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg-250 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2010 (Started Jul 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleepiness (at first only))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: worked very well in the begining control the tremers
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 11, 2012 (Started Nov 12, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 6 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Separate, by one hour, protein intake from treatment. Doing this separation, I'm told, assures the strongest possible impact of the treatment. My experience supports this.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 7, 2012 (Started Oct 28, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2.5 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 18, 2012 (Started Apr 18, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleeplessness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 6 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 22, 2012 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, sleep problems, increased insomnia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 4 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleep problems, insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, increased insomnia

Dec 20, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, sleep problems, increased insomnia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 4 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
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
Side effects: sleep problems, insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, increased insomnia

Mar 3, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, drowsiness, increased insomnia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
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
Side effects: sleep problems, insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, increased insomnia

Feb 4, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, drowsiness, increased insomnia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
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
Side effects: sleep problems, insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, increased insomnia

Nov 14, 2009 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 25 mg-100 mg Daily
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
Side effects: sleep problems, insomnia, compulsive behavior, drowsiness, increased insomnia
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 9, 2012 (Started Oct 27, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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