May 15, 2015 (Started Oct 31, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (feeling faint (presyncope), jerky movements, fainting)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I seem to notice the difference between when I have just taken a dose of the immediate release carbidopa/levadopa & when I am due the next dose. I can't seem to straighten up fully. Dr wants me to try getting off the CR formula & use the immediate release more often & increase the strength from I/2 TID to 1 TID. I titrated up gradually. I think I can feel the difference-a positive one.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: jerky movements, feeling faint (presyncope), fainting

Oct 14, 2011 (Started Oct 31, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: jerky movements, feeling faint (presyncope), fainting

Aug 19, 2010 (Started Oct 31, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (feeling faint (presyncope), jerky movements, fainting)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I find it only slightly problematic taking this every morning. I would suffer greatly without it so that is an incentive. I despise taking medicines & have streamlined my medication regimen as much as I dare, but this med is a basic & absolutely necessary one for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: jerky movements, feeling faint (presyncope), fainting

Mar 15, 2010 (Started Oct 31, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (feeling faint (presyncope), jerky movements, fainting)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: jerky movements, feeling faint (presyncope), fainting

Oct 31, 2008 (Started Oct 31, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (feeling faint (presyncope), jerky movements, fainting)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg-100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Save this medicine for the time when you really need it, i.e. when the more benign dopamine agonists no longer work because it can cause dreadful nausea & syncope. I spent more than 2 years experimenting with the dose to find what would give me the greatest benefit with the least unpleasant side effect.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: jerky movements, feeling faint (presyncope), fainting
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