What is Tidomet?
Tidomet Plus Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Levodopa and Carbidopa. This medication is used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease like tremors (shaking), stiffness and slowness of movement. These symptoms are caused due to the lack of dopamine, a natural substance usually found in the brain.
What are the long term effects of taking carbidopa levodopa?
This drug combination is considered standard treatment for Parkinson’s disease symptoms such as tremor, muscle stiffness, and slowness of movement. A side effect of long-term use of levodopa is dyskinesia.
How many times a day can you take carbidopa levodopa?
For patients starting on carbidopa and levodopa treatment: At first, one tablet three or four times a day. Your doctor may adjust your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 8 tablets per day.
Who should not take levodopa carbidopa?
You should not use carbidopa and levodopa if you have narrow-angle glaucoma. Do not use this medicine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days, such as isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, or tranylcypromine.
When should I take Tidomet?
Tidomet Plus Tablet can be taken without food but it is better to avoid a high protein diet and dairy products while taking this medicine. However, it is advised to take it at the same time each day as this helps to maintain a consistent level of medicine in the body.
What do you need to know about tidomet Forte?
Tidomet Forte Tablet is an amino acid that is produced and used as a part of the normal biology of human beings, also in some animals and plants. Tidomet Forte Tablet crosses the protective blood–brain barrier as dopamine cannot.
What kind of Medicine is tidomet Plus tablet?
Tidomet Plus Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Levodopa and Carbidopa which treats Parkinsonism. Levodopa is a dopamine precursor which gets converted to dopamine, a chemical messenger that controls movement in the brain.
How often should I increase my tidomet tab?
Tidomet 250 mg/25 mg tab Initially 1 tab tid, may be increased by 1 tab/day or every other day as necessary, up to 8 tab/day. Tidomet CR tab Patient already receiving levodopa therapy & currently receiving levodopa alone Initially 1 tab bid adjusted according to response at intervals of not <3 days.
Is it OK to take tidomet Plus without food?
Tidomet Plus Tablet can be taken without food but it is better to avoid high protein diet and dairy products while taking this medicine. However, it is advised to take it at the same time each day as this helps to maintain consistent level of medicine in the body.