Experiences with

Entacapone

I was diagnosed with PD since 4 years and I take Mucuna capsules, Carbidopa Levodopa 4x daily and my neurologist recently added Entacapone to my regimen but nothing has helped this nasty symptom. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Maddie

Entacapone introduced in February. Transferred to Stalevo over a period of four weeks, been on "all Stalevo" for about 5 days. Which, coincidentally (or perhaps not) is the same length of time I've been getting a tingling sensation confined to the tip of my penis (sorry ladies).

I’ve been taking Entacapone for exactly three months because of wearing off times about 45 minutes prior to next Sinemet dose. It has provided a modest improvement in my overall functioning. I’ve been taking it three times per day with 25/100 c/l.

My Neuro Doctor prescribed ENTACAPONE 200mg for me. But, other doctor said that will causes my Dyskinesia worse. Besides, I don’t want to take too many med every day. Has anyone ever taken this med? How does it work? Any bad side effect?

I have seen Entacapone and Amantadine mentioned but don’t know much about them so will try and discuss these too.

Has anybody tried both Entacapone and Opicapone, and which one do you prefer and why? Thank you in advance for the patience to read the above and for any comments you might have.

He is off to the Dr this week and will ask to trial entacapone to see if it smooths things out and he can space the dose timing out more and reduce the dose.

I'm on carbidopa/levodopa, entacapone and amantadine (100 mg 3x/day). Do you find it causes swelling in the feet, lower legs and hands? If you came off the drug, what was the upside and the downside? How did you come off of it? I understand that you can't quit it abruptly. Thanks for reponses

I now take a pile of CD/LD every 3 hours, but it lasts 2-1/2 hours but I have been taking a new prescription of Entacapone ( 5 x 200 mg per day ) which does extend the time however it seems to cause me to see things that clearly are not there ( looking up the name ).

Two months ago I stopped taking Entacapone, and again, I couldn’t tell any difference. I ran into opicapone, a.k.a. Ongentys, and it seemed to sound like a better option than Entacapone, so I ordered a three month supply of it.

It is not known if treatment with entacapone affects the risk of having prostate cancer. Therefore, it is important for men to have their regular prostate examinations during treatment with entacapone.

My consultant has also perscribed Entacapone 200 4 times daily to try and control the tremors.

The entacapone helps the mucuna be utilised better. 11am. 1. madopar 50/12.5 + NOW dopa mucuna + 1/2 entacapone 2am. 1 madopar 50/12.5 + NOW dopa mucuna + 1/2 entacapone 5am. 1 madopar 50/12.5 8pm 1/2 madopar 50/12.5 this spreads the levodopa over the beginning of the day then reduces

I decided against entacapone because I already take a few meds that are mildly anticholinergic and I don't want to add to that list. I'd like to hear from those who have successfully switched to Rytary, what to expect from the transition? Any tips?

I am doing pretty well 7 years post dx, but my neurologist wants to add Entacapone to my 4x Levodopa per day regime to shorten my downtime, and I am uncertain whether it’s the way I want to go.

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Hubby is doing really well at the moment and I think one of the things that has helped has been the introduction of 1/2 a entacapone tablet taken at the same time as his madopar/ mucuna doses.

I've been offered to consider Entacapone, Neupro patch, Apomorphine sublingual, Rytary. All have pros and cons. I don't want to add to anticholinergic load, so as I understand, that leaves either adding Neupro low dose, or switching to Rytary.

Usual medication: carbidopa/levodopa (750 mg/d), pramipexole (300 mg/d), entacapone (600 mg/d), amitriptyline (25 mg/d). Supplements: melatonin (0.2-0.8 mg at night), a-lipoic acid (200 mg/d), acetyl-l-carnitine (250 mg/d), CoQ (maintenance dose 200-400 mg/d) and vitamin E (400 IU/d).

New prescription is (1) ER 25/100 levodopa before bed, (1) entacapone & (1) 25/250 levodopa upon rising, (1) entacapone & (1) 25/100 levodopa at 11am, (1) 25/100 levodopa at 2pm, and (1) entacapone & (1) 25/100 levodopa at 5pm. Total levodopa is now 650mg/day.