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What is Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100?

Levodopa 100 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.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
5 19%
Mild
8 31%
None
13 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

Drowsiness
10 38%
Dizziness
3 12%
Feel drunk when I increase to new dosage
2 8%
Vivid dreams
2 8%
Dyskinesia
1 4%
hallucinations
1 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100. See all 25 dosages ►

  1.5 25mg-100mg as needed 25 mg-100 mg all the time (24/7) 25mg-100mg as needed 3 cap(s) daily 3 other daily 3.5 tab(s) daily 4 other daily 6 cap(s) daily 25 mg daily 25 mg-100 mg daily 2 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 2.5 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 3 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 4 x 10 mg-100 mg daily 4 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 4.5 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 5 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 500.5 mg daily 6 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 7 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 8 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 1000 mg daily 10 x 25 mg-100 mg daily 4 x 25 mg-250 mg daily 12 x 25 mg-100 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 30 Number of Patients: 30 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100 (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Personal research
3 50% Personal research: 50%
Other
3 50% Other: 50%
Did not seem to work
1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
4
14
16
18
24

Stopped Taking Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
19 73%
Usually
6 23%
Sometimes
1 4%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
4 15%
A little
6 23%
Not at all
16 62%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
3 12%
< $25
19 73%

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Report created on November 24, 2009.