The disease can be treated by replacing dopamine with a drug called levodopa, or L-dopa, but the drug loses its effectiveness over time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference

But in the treatment of Parkinson's, we have gone from levodopa to levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Research Revolution] Reference

“It is too early to say whether this could replace levodopa treatment or the current deep brain stimulation.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electrical Stimulation Through The Spinal Cord May Ease Parkinson’s Symptoms | Impact Lab] Reference

Stalevo is a combination of carbidopa/levodopa and entacapone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Carbidopa/levodopa is itself sold under the brand name Sinemet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

(Requip) and a combination of carbidopa and levodopa (Sinemet).    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

In addition, carbidopa decreases the amount of levodopa needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

But as the disease progresses, the benefits from levodopa can diminish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Carbidopa has not been shown to enhance the intrinsic efficacy of levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

It is a complication caused by dopamine replacement therapy (i.e. levodopa).    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

This drug, IPX066, is an extended release formulation of carbidopa-levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal] Reference

PD-LID develops in most PD patients after receiving levodopa for several years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

Patterns were roughly similar to reported provincial PD mortality and use of levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

After Parkinson's disease patients use the drug levodopa or L-dopa for several years as.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Owing to the high cost of pramipexole and ropinirole, we have used generic carbidopa-levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Stalevo is made of a combination of the active ingredients entacapone, carbidopa and levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

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Stalevo (carbidopa/levodopa and entacapone): Ongoing Safety Review: Possible increased cardiovascular risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [foodconsumer.org] Reference

The effectiveness of AZILECT as adjunct therapy was shown in patients with PD who were treated with levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hispanic Business Magazine] Reference

Gao said that though the drug levodopa is the current standard treatment for Parkinson's, much more is needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease patients are motor fluctuations that often result from chronic levodopa therapy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Disease | Stalevo (carbidopa/levodopa and entacapone): Ongoing Safety Review: Possible increased cardiovascular risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [foodconsumer.org] Reference

Behavioral assessments confirmed continued, normalized response to levodopa (improvement by 35% over historical controls).    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

One was a 68-year-old man who had been taking 6 mg of pramipexole (Mirapex) and 1,200 mg of levodopa daily for six months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medicaid and Medicare] Reference

Certain patients who responded poorly to levodopa alone have improved when carbidopa and levodopa were given concurrently.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

Activity in these regions is known to be modulated by established Parkinson's treatments such as dopamine agonists and levodopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Convulsions also have occurred; however, a causal relationship with concomitant use of LODOSYN and levodopa has not been established.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

None of the 178 patients treated only with the standard drug for Parkinson's disease, carbidopa / levodopa, developed these behaviors.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

None of the 178 patients treated only with the standard drug for Parkinson's disease, carbidopa / levodopa, developed such behaviours.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Total UPDRS motor score was 20 percent lower (improved) with SYN-115 as compared to placebo when administered with levodopa (p = 0.09).    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

However, patients with markedly irregular ( "on-off") responses to levodopa have not been shown to benefit from the addition of carbidopa.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

Restoration of AADC activity restored normal response to levodopa and gene expression could be quantitated repeatedly over many years by 6.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference