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See also: Stalevo 150, Stalevo 200, Stalevo 50

What is Stalevo? 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. Read more...Click to read more below

Novartis's Stalevo site


Reasons Taken

199 patients in the community are taking or have taken Stalevo.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat Parkinson's 158 79%
Stiffness/spasticity 11 5%
Other 8 4%
Mobility 2 1%
General health 2 1%
Slowness 2 1%
Brain fog 1 <1%
Memory problems 1 <1%
disease-related symptoms 1 <1%
Slurred speech 1 <1%
Don't know 1 <1%
Support another treatment 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Stalevo.

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  0 mg day 0 mg none 0.05 mg day 3 mg day 4 mg day 4 other day 4 day 6 mg day 25 mg day 37.5 mg day 50 mg day 80 mg day 100 mg day 125 mg day 150 mg day 200 mg day 200 other day 250 mg day 300 mg day 350 mg day 400 mg day 450 mg day 500 mg day 600 mg day 700 mg day 750 mg day 800 mg day 850 mg day 900 mg day 1000 mg day 1200 mg day
  17 Number of Patients: 17 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 24 Number of Patients: 24 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 8 Number of Patients: 8 5 Number of Patients: 5 20 Number of Patients: 20 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Stalevo or how long patients were taking Stalevo before stopping.

Currently taking Stalevo

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
12
15
20
19
49

Stopped taking Stalevo

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
7
5
8
4
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Stalevo (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 12 41% Side effects too severe: 41%
Doctor's advice 7 24% Doctor's advice: 24%
Did not seem to work 6 21% Did not seem to work: 21%
Other 4 14% Other: 14%
Not indicated 4 14% Not indicated: 14%
Expense 3 10% Expense: 10%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 13 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 92% 11
Can't tell 8% 1

Treat Parkinson's

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 15% 2
Mild 38% 5
None 46% 6

Top reported side-effects include: legs cramping when wearing off, tremors increase when wearing off, Slight nausea

Summary results are based on 13 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 13)

  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Treat Parkinson's

  • TomBerdine
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: mild
    See profile
  • TomBerdine
  • by TomBerdine
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat Parkinson's
Advice/Tips
Longer lasting then the PARCOPA but much slower to take effect. About 45minutres to an hour. But last up to 3hours where the PARCOPA lasts only an hour or a little more.

See all evaluation results for Stalevo



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