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Taking Stalevo
111 Patients currently take Stalevo
14 Patients stopped taking Stalevo
ukelady
Mouth/throat: moderate
Arms: moderate
Chest: moderate
Legs: moderate
ukelady
250 mg daily since Oct 23, 2007
bud angus
Mouth/throat: moderate
Arms: mild
Chest: mild
Legs: moderate
bud angus
200 mg daily since Nov 20, 2007
TangSooJim
Mouth/throat: none
Arms: none
Chest: none
Legs: none
TangSooJim
daily since Apr 01, 2001

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Stalevo is a brand name for a combination of the drugs l-dopa, carbidopa, and entacapone. L-dopa is the precursor to dopamine, carbidopa slows the breakdown of l-dopa, whilst entacapone improves the efficacy of l-dopa.

Novartis's Stalevo site


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Stalevo

slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 100% 93
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 8% 7
Not indicated
Not indicated: 5% 5
Other
Other: 4% 4
Brain fog
Brain fog: 1% 1
Slowness
Slowness: 1% 1
Don't know
Don't know: 1% 1

Patient Dosages

0.25 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 6 mg daily 25 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 450 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 650 mg daily 700 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 975 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Stalevo

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
5
11
12
9
22
21

Why Patients Stopped Taking Stalevo (multiple reasons could be selected)

Not indicated
Not indicated: 100% 7
Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 86% 6
Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 71% 5
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 57% 4
Other
Other: 29% 2
Expense
Expense: 14% 1

How Long Patients Took Stalevo Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
2
2
2
2
2
2

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Stalevo Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 83% 5
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 6
2 stars2 stars
2: 33% 2


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