Stalevo

[nourilo]

My doctor just changed my prescription from Sinemet to Stalevo. Does anybody have experience taking Stalevo? I am afraid to have hallucinations with Stalevo.

[mgregor6]

I got switched from Sinemet to Stalevo (Carbidopa 50mg / Levodopa 200mg / Entacapone 200mg) about a year and a half ago. I combine it with mucuna pruriens and B1 HCL. It works well for me. Only thing, the entacapone has gotten really expensive...

[nourilo in reply to mgregor6]

Thank you for your response yes it is quite expensive. Are you symptom-free? Or has it improved your symptoms since you switched from Sinamet?

[mgregor6 in reply to nourilo]

Symptom free? Surely you jest. During on time, yes. The mucuna pruriens I get from a tablespoon of Zandopa powder (Amazon). And, from

Nutrivita, the 98%-100% pure L-Dopa, nutrivitashop.com/l-dopa-10... Both of these are very reasonable priced. The Nutrivita however is powerful stuff and I take it only with my morning regimen. Currently 1/32 teaspoon. My next step is to wean myself off of Stalevo and replace it by increasing the Nutrivita dose. This, not only for financial reasons, but also I feel the Nutrivita to be a higher quality product.

[Joanne_Joyce]

I was switched from Sinamet to Stalivo about four years ago because of my problem with dyskinesia. The rationale was that the entacapone would promote absorbtion of Levidopa so as I would be less likely to have dyskinesia as my doses increased. I am now taking Levodopa 150 mg every three hours. I have no problem with hallucinations from it but I do still get dyskinesia.

[nourilo in reply to Joanne_Joyce]

Thank you for your response. I feel for your struggle and all others on this forum.

[gingerj]

Hi nourilo. I switched about 6 weeks ago. Started by taking stalevo then sinemet alternately during each day for first month. To be honest I can't say much has changed. I was taking sinemet 100/25 5 times a day every 2 hours. This was the only way for me to avert crippling dystonia which happens as sinemet wears off. With stalevo I'm able to stretch the 2 hours out a little to say 2.5 hours. The only thing I noticed from side affects is very yellow pee and some tiredness after taking each dose. Otherwise all OK.

[nourilo in reply to gingerj]

When I was taking Sinemet 25/100 I started to have trouble sleeping. On my last visit to the doctor, I was switched to Stalevo And for the first couple of nights my sleep improved. I am on my third day of Stalevo and now I cannot sleep.

[gingerj in reply to nourilo]

If I take sinemet too close to bedtime it affects my sleep too. I try not to take it after two hours before.

[Bijiez]

yes many problem with this??? me i too change but also you loose your memory !? i have constipation probl

m and halucination too ???