Medicine pack check sheet

Source-linked reading points

• Check STALEVO, all three ingredients, all three milligram amounts per tablet, NDC, 100-tablet bottle, LCE imprint and market together. The '100' in STALEVO 100 names the levodopa component only; the same tablet also contains carbidopa 25 mg and entacapone 200 mg.
• Do not treat STALEVO as another SINEMET pack. Both may name carbidopa/levodopa, but STALEVO also contains entacapone. Shared ingredients, nearby numbers or a similar purpose do not establish self-co-use, alternation, substitution or stacking. Have a pharmacist or prescriber review both actual packs and the complete medicine list.
• The current label also addresses hyperpyrexia and confusion after abrupt reduction or withdrawal, falling asleep during daily activities, orthostatic hypotension, dyskinesia, hallucinations, impulse-control problems, diarrhoea and interactions including warfarin. The site only prompts review of symptoms, falls, sleepiness and the complete medicine list; it does not provide self-stopping, reduction, make-up or spacing instructions.
• For loss of consciousness, a serious fall, breathing difficulty, marked confusion, high fever, suspected overdose or another acute serious concern, use local emergency or poison-information services immediately and bring all medicine packs; do not wait for a web search or try to counteract it with another Parkinson medicine.