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    Entacapone, sold under the brand name Comtan among others, is a medication commonly used in combination with other medications for the treatment of Parkinson's...
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    Carbidopa/levodopa/entacapone, sold under the brand name Stalevo among others, is a dopaminergic fixed-dose combination medication that contains carbidopa...
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    people with Parkinson's disease also taking carbidopa/levodopa. Marketed Entacapone (Comtan, Comtess, Stalevo) Opicapone (Ongentys) Tolcapone (Tasmar) Not...
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    has been found to inhibit COMT centrally as well. In comparison with entacapone, another nitrocatechol COMT inhibitor, tolcapone has a longer half life...
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    substrate of COMT. COMT inhibitors, like entacapone, save levodopa from COMT and prolong the action of levodopa. Entacapone is a widely used adjunct drug of levodopa...
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    levodopa/carbidopa and levodopa/benserazide, as well as levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone. L-DOPA is found in high amounts in Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) and...
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  • used in the treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome Entacapone – a catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor used in combination with levodopa...
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    (as levodopa/benserazide), and with both carbidopa and entacapone (as levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone). In addition to levodopa itself, certain prodrugs of...
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    liver-function monitoring. Entacapone and opicapone cause little alteration to liver function. Licensed preparations of entacapone contain entacapone alone or in combination...
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    drug-of-choice in the treatment of Parkinson's disease along with carbidopa and entacapone. The symptoms and brain structures of MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease...
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