Carbidopa/levodopa, also known as levocarb and co-careldopa, is the combination of the two medications carbidopa and levodopa. It is primarily used to...
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Parkinson's disease (section Levodopa)
is usually taken along with levodopa and is available combined with levodopa in the same pill. Prolonged use of levodopa is associated with the development...
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Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) is a form of dyskinesia associated with levodopa (l-DOPA), used to treat Parkinson's disease. It often involves hyperkinetic...
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Levodopa/benserazide, sold under the brand name Prolopa among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease...
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peripheral metabolism of levodopa. This property is significant in that it allows a greater proportion of administered levodopa to cross the blood–brain...
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Carbidopa/levodopa/entacapone, sold under the brand name Stalevo among others, is a dopaminergic fixed-dose combination medication that contains carbidopa...
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treatment of Parkinson's disease. Entacapone together with levodopa and carbidopa allows levodopa to have a longer effect in the brain and reduces Parkinson's...
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of 2017.[relevant?] Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) is evident in patients with Parkinson's disease who have been on levodopa (L‑DOPA) for prolonged...
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Management of Parkinson's disease (section Levodopa)
Parkinson's. The main families of drugs useful for treating motor symptoms are levodopa, dopamine agonists, and MAO-B inhibitors. The most commonly used treatment...
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used in the management of Parkinson's disease in combination with L-DOPA (levodopa) as co-beneldopa (BAN), under the brand names Madopar in the UK and Prolopa...
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It also methylates levodopa. COMT inhibitors are indicated for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in combination with levodopa and an aromatic L-amino...
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Fregoli delusion (section Levodopa treatment)
prolonged use of levodopa, the delusions occupy almost all of a patient's attention. In experimental studies, when the concentration of levodopa decreases,...
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the uncontrolled movements that can occur in patients taking the drug levodopa for a long time. Thalamotomy can be performed in an invasive or noninvasive...
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brand name Ongentys, is a medication which is administered together with levodopa in people with Parkinson's disease. Opicapone is a catechol-O-methyltransferase...
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substrates of COMT. Levodopa, a precursor of catecholamines, is an important substrate of COMT. COMT inhibitors, like entacapone, save levodopa from COMT and...
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extended-release formulation was approved for use in the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Amantadine has a mild side-effect profile. Common neurological...
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Dimethoxyamphetamine Dimethylamphetamine Dobutamine DOPA (Dextrodopa, Levodopa) Dopamine Dopexamine Droxidopa EBDB Ephedrine Epinephrine Epinine Etafedrine...
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the accumulation of tau protein within the brain. Medications such as levodopa and amantadine may be useful in some cases. PSP affects about six people...
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drugs such as levodopa (L-DOPA), although it has been used off-label as a monotherapy. The rationale for adding selegiline to levodopa is to decrease...
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substantia nigra. Its metabolic precursor L-DOPA can be manufactured; Levodopa, a pure form of L-DOPA, is the most widely used treatment for Parkinson's...
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fluphenazine, olanzapine), carbamazepine, chloroquine, cisplatin, diazoxide, levodopa, lithium, metoclopramide, lurasidone, domperidone, nifedipine, pemoline...
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maximum level of severity and sensitivity to levodopa and provide insight into the mechanisms of Levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Other lesions in the mouse...
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on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. Kathrynne Holden. "Fava Beans, Levodopa, and Parkinson's Disease". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018....
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Substantia nigra (section Levodopa)
fields of neuropharmacology and toxicology. Various compounds such as levodopa and MPTP are used in the treatment and study of Parkinson's disease, and...
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Choreoathetosis is also a common presentation of dyskinesia as a side effect of levodopa-carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease. The use of crack cocaine...
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Benzatropine N04AC30 Etybenzatropine N04BA01 Levodopa N04BA02 Levodopa and decarboxylase inhibitor N04BA03 Levodopa, decarboxylase inhibitor and COMT inhibitor...
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cases associated with orbicularis oculi contraction or blepharospasm. Levodopa has been reported to improve symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease...
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developed as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. It is the ethyl ester of levodopa. It was never marketed. Melevodopa Djaldetti R, Giladi N, Hassin-Baer S...
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d-DOPA (d-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine; dextrodopa) is similar to l-DOPA (levodopa), but with opposite chirality. Levo- and dextro- rotation refer to a molecule's...
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