levodopa

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the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease

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It was named dopamine because it is a monoamine whose precursor in the Barger-Ewens synthesis is 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (levodopa or L-DOPA ). Source: Internet

Because carbidopa permits more levodopa to reach the brain and more to be formed, certain adverse central nervous system (CNS) effects, e.g., dyskinesias ( movements), may occur at lower dosages and sooner with SINEMET than with levodopa alone. Source: Internet

Being able to accurately assess tremors is crucial when it comes to determining the accurate dosage of Levodopa, an initial pharmacological therapy for patients with Parkinson’s. Source: Internet

Levodopa, theoretically, is transformed into the active form, dopamine, within the basal ganglia, that area of the brain that encloses the substantia nigra. Source: Internet

The drawback of levodopa treatment is that it treats the symptoms of Parkinson's (low dopamine levels), rather than the cause (the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra). Source: Internet

The patients, who were rigid and almost completely immobile, responded to levodopa treatment. Source: Internet

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