Carbidopa/levodopa

🧮 Dose calculator

Parkinson's disease · Regimen source: FDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Dosage and Administration, Usual Initial Dosage

• • Add one tablet every day or every other day up to eight 25/100 tablets per day. About 70–100 mg/day carbidopa is needed to saturate decarboxylase. FDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Dosage and Administration, Usual Initial DosageFDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Precautions/Warnings – Pregnancy

  “No teratogenic effects were observed in a study in mice receiving up to 20 times the maximum recommended human dose of carbidopa and levodopa.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Precautions/Warnings – Nursing Mothers

  “Caution should be exercised when carbidopa and levodopa is administered to a nursing woman.”

• 👶 ChildrenSafety not established

  Label: safety and effectiveness in children have not been established. FDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Precautions/Warnings – Pediatric Use

  “Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Carbidopa-levodopa · Precautions/Warnings – Geriatric Use

  “In the clinical efficacy trials for carbidopa and levodopa, almost half of the patients were older than 65, but few were older than 75.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.