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(also known as Parcopa, Atamet)
The combination of carbidopa and levodopa is used to treat Parkinson's disease and Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (DRD). This combination is sold under several brand names, including Sinemet, Parcopa, and Atamet. more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Parkinson's Disease
358
96%
Dystonia
4
50%
Restless Legs Syndrome
4
100%
Chronic Pain
3
100%
Migraine Headaches
2
100%
Overall, 95% (385 Members) find Sinemet helpful
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Sinemet Reviews

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increase to 2# tid induce head involuntary nodding
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I use it as one of my main medicines. It works great and I could not do without it.
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helps a lot. on 25/100 x 3 day now so not many side effects
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working
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Levocarb works for about 2 and a half hours. Ends with dyskinesias in the last half hour or so then I instantly snap back to tremors.
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Takes 3 times daily. Last visit neurologist said that she thought his parkinson's was doing better.
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no side effects. pretty stable
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this is helping with stiffiness and fatique
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use this daily
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Improving right hand tremor and right arm ache.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: Sinemet
    ddbupper, With any neurological med, it's best to start out at a low dose and titrate up (slowly increase the dosage). Tremors are exacerbated... [More]
  2. Discussion: Sinemet
    Ya, that is too bad the Azilect did not work for him. We used seligilene (another MAO inhibitor, but more primitive) with my mom, which enabled us to... [More]
  3. Discussion: Sinemet
    My wife started out with the slow release like 3 times per day. I guess this was for convenience. Of course after awhile agonists were added so the s... [More]
  4. Discussion: Sinemet
    Thank you for writing. At what dosage did your tremors decrease or perhaps cease? [More]
  5. Discussion: Sinemet
    i started 1 1/2 25/100 3 times a day. then 1 1/2 4 times a day. i am now taking 1 6 times, as dystonia has set in. i just started requipxl 2 mg 4... [More]

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