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Are Syndopa And Pacitane Ideal Medications For Parkinson S Disease?

My mother age 77 is suffering from parkinsons since 2004.. She was advised syndopa plus 125 three times a day. Along with half pacitane. Now pacitane is discontinued and syndopa plus is replaced with syncapone 50 seven times a day. What are the advantages of syncapone over syndopa plus?
Tue, 4 Mar 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

Parkinson's disease is a non-curable disease, and is caused by deficiency of dopamine in the brain.

Both syndopa and syncapone provide dopamine. In syncapone, in addition to levodopa, there is additional entacapone. This allows for a lower dose of levodopa to be used. Lower dose of levodopa leads to lesser side effects. This is the advantage of syncapone over syndopa.

I hope my reply has helped you.

I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.
     
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
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Are Syndopa And Pacitane Ideal Medications For Parkinson S Disease?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. Parkinson s disease is a non-curable disease, and is caused by deficiency of dopamine in the brain. Both syndopa and syncapone provide dopamine. In syncapone, in addition to levodopa, there is additional entacapone. This allows for a lower dose of levodopa to be used. Lower dose of levodopa leads to lesser side effects. This is the advantage of syncapone over syndopa. I hope my reply has helped you. I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, For DIRECT QUERY to me: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/