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PAD Profile : Co-careldopa - Parkinson's disease
Keywords :
levodopa, dopamine, PD
Brand Names Include :
Sinemet, Half Sinemet CR, Sinemet CR, Duodopa
Traffic Light Status
Status 1 of 2.
Status :
Blue
Formulations :
- Tablets
- Tablets (slow release)
Trust Alignment :
Primary Care
ASPH
RSFT
SASH
SABP
Comments :
No comments returned.
Documents :
Status 2 of 2.
Guidelines
No guidelines returned.
Other Drugs
- Tolcapone
- Apomorphine hydrochloride
- Safinamide
- Opicapone
- Co-beneldopa (Benserazide/levodopa)
- Pramipexole
- Ropinirole hydrochloride
- Bromocriptine
- Pergolide mesilate
- Cabergoline
- Rasagiline mesilate
- Selegiline hydrochloride
- Entacapone
- Amantadine hydrochloride
- Orphenadrine hydrochloride
- Procyclidine hydrochloride
- Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride
- Clonazepam
- Melatonin
- Rotigotine
- Levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone
Other Indications
Additional Documents
Type
Document
Review Date
Committee Recommendations
Date
Committee Name
Narrative
06 June 2018
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)
- Levodopa is recommended as a first-line treatment in the early stages of Parkinson's disease where motor symptoms are impacting on quality of life.
- Levodopa may also be a treatment choice in the early stages of Parkinson's disease where motor symptoms do not impact quality of life.
- Levodopa may be considered in the treatment of nocturnal akinesia in Parkinson's disease.
Initiation may be carried out in Primary Care but only after recommendation by a specialist.
Patients in whom Parkinson's is suspected should be referred quickly and untreated to a specialist.
06 June 2018
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)
Levodopa-carbidopa (Duodopa®) intestinal gel is not for primary care prescribing.
Its specialist use is commissioned through NHS England.
Associated BNF Codes
04. Central Nervous System
04.09.01. Dopaminergic drugs used in parkinsonism