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levodopa (active ingredient) Madopar Sinemet Stalevo Carbidopa-Levodopa Levacin Levodopa / Benserazide Levodopa / Carbidopa / Entacapone

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Parkinsons disease

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The following results on this page are based on 17 unique reviews from patients using the DrugStars app. These DrugStars users have given a Medicine Experience and Attitude (MEA) score of 63.4 in the range of -100 to +100 for Levodopa To see how the MEA Score is calculated click here.

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We asked patients how effective they found this medicine.

(17 respondents)

Answers

Extremely effective (6%)
Very (59%)
Somewhat (24%)
Slightly (6%)
Very little effective (6%)

We asked patients how bothered they were by side effects with this medicine.

(17 respondents)

Answers

Not at all bothered (47%)
Slightly (35%)
Somewhat (12%)
Very (6%)
Extremely bothered (0%)
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Medicines used for Parkinsons disease

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Levacin n = 70 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 73.7
Lysantin n = 36 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 72.7
Carbidopa / levodopa n = 78 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 72.1
Neupro n = 32 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 69.3
Sifrol n = 272 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 67.3
Oprymea n = 244 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 63.7
Dostinex n = 58 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 63.4
Levodopa n = 17 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 63.4
Stalevo n = 115 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 62.4
Madopar n = 657 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 60.0
Pramipexol n = 394 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 58.0
Glepark n = 27 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 56.8
Rasagilin n = 226 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 56.8
Sinemet n = 407 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 56.5
Benserazid / levodopa n = 68 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 49.2
Carbidopa / entacapone / levodopa n = 25 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 46.9
Cabergoline n = 26 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 36.4
Azilect n = 60 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 34.0
Akineton n = 18 0 -100 100 0 -100 100 21.6

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Review recap

DrugsDisclosed has gathered medical insights from 17 real-world patients taking Levodopa. These patients are from different countries, lifestyles and healthcare systems, their unifying characteristic is the medicine they take.

17 patients taking Levodopa were asked how effective they found their medicine. 65% felt that Levodopa was very / extremely effective, while 24% found it to be only somewhat effective. This means that 12% felt that Levodopa had only a slight or very little effect.

We asked 17 patients taking Levodopa how bothered they were by side effects from taking Levodopa? Of those asked 82% reported that they were not at all or only slightly bothered by any side effects, while 12% of those asked reported feeling somewhat bothered. Meaning that sadly 6% of patients using Levodopa felt very or extremely bothered by the side effects of taking Levodopa.

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