Strength | 25 mg/100 mg |
Medicine Type | Allopathic |
Form Of Medicines | Tablets |
Grade standard | Medicine Grade |
Packaging Type | Strips |
Gender | Unisex |
Carbidopa/levodopa, also known as levocarb and co-careldopa, is the combination of the two medications carbidopa and levodopa.[1] It is primarily used to manage the symptoms of Parkinson's disease but does not change the course of the disease.[1] It is taken by mouth.[1] It can take two to three weeks of treatment before benefits are seen.[2] Each dose then begins working in about ten minutes with a duration of effect of about five hours.[2][3]
Common side effects include movement problems and nausea.[1] More serious side effects include depression, low blood pressure with standing, sudden onset of sleepiness, psychosis, and increased risk taking behavior.[1][4] Carbidopa prevents the breakdown of levodopa outside the brain.[4] In the brain, levodopa is broken down into dopamine by which it has its effects
SKU-493OUFUZQBYStrength | 25 mg/100 mg |
Medicine Type | Allopathic |
Form Of Medicines | Tablets |
Grade standard | Medicine Grade |
Packaging Type | Strips |
Gender | Unisex |
Carbidopa/levodopa, also known as levocarb and co-careldopa, is the combination of the two medications carbidopa and levodopa.[1] It is primarily used to manage the symptoms of Parkinson's disease but does not change the course of the disease.[1] It is taken by mouth.[1] It can take two to three weeks of treatment before benefits are seen.[2] Each dose then begins working in about ten minutes with a duration of effect of about five hours.[2][3]
Common side effects include movement problems and nausea.[1] More serious side effects include depression, low blood pressure with standing, sudden onset of sleepiness, psychosis, and increased risk taking behavior.[1][4] Carbidopa prevents the breakdown of levodopa outside the brain.[4] In the brain, levodopa is broken down into dopamine by which it has its effects