Parkinson's Disease Treatment - STALEVO
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Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Professional
STALEVO is a therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition to carbidopa and levodopa, STALEVO contains entacapone, a substance that enhances the benefits of levodopa.

Depending on levodopa dose and side effects, STALEVO can be used to replace carbidopa/levodopa when the benefits of levodopa are wearing off. STALEVO can also be used instead of carbidopa/levodopa and COMTAN® (entacapone) by patients taking those medicines as separate tablets.

If you're already on levodopa therapy, here are some questions you may want to ask your healthcare professional about STALEVO:
Bullet How is STALEVO different from other levodopa medicines?
Bullet When should STALEVO therapy be considered?
Bullet How long after starting to take a levodopa medicine does it begin to wear off?
Bullet How does the levodopa in STALEVO tablets work?
Bullet If I start taking STALEVO, should I stop taking my levodopa medicine?


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