PAD Profile : Co-careldopa - Parkinson's disease (challenge test)

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Keywords :

PD, challenge test, levodopa, dopamine, carbidopa

Brand Names Include :

Sinemet, Sinemet CR, Sinemet Plus, Caramet, Half-Sinemet CR, Lecado, Duodopa, Apodespan

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Status :

Non Formulary

Formulations :

Trust Alignment :

Primary Care

ASPH

RSFT

SASH

SABP

Links :

BNF NICE SPC

NFD1

Comments :

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Documents :

No guidelines returned.

Type

Document

Review Date

Guidelines (National)

Date

Committee Name

Narrative

06 June 2018

Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)

NICE issued a Do Not Do Recommendation in June 2006 (updated July 2017) which states:

"Acute levodopa and apomorphine challenge tests should not be used in the differential diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes."

04. Central Nervous System

04.09.01. Dopaminergic drugs used in parkinsonism