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Carbidopa-Levodopa Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100, Sinemet
What is Carbidopa-Levodopa? Levodopa is a dopamine precursor used to treat the movement disorder symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Carbidopa is often included with levodopa-containing drugs in order to boost its efficacy by slowing down the metabolism of dopamine.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
7 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbidopa-Levodopa.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) | 7 | 100% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Carbidopa-Levodopa.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Carbidopa-Levodopa or how long patients were taking Carbidopa-Levodopa before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
There is currently no efficacy data for Carbidopa-Levodopa.
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 50% | 1 |
| None | 50% | 1 |
Top reported side-effects include: Dyskinesia, Nausea, Drowsiness
Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 2)
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- quiltedrooster
- Sex: F
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Some
- Stiffness: All
- function: Little
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: most
- Description:F47y
- FM:12y Dx
- See profile
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by quiltedrooster
May 04, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- gbabies6
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Some
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: Most
- external_stress: Little
- Stickman: most
- Description:F46y
- See profile
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by gbabies6
Jan 14, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsMild
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.