Stalevo 100 Oral
In Depth
- Uses and How to Use
- Dosage and Storage
- Precautions and Side Effects
- Drug Interactions
- Drug Images
Pronounced: (car-bee-DOE-pah/lee-vo-DOE-pah/en-TACK-up-own)
Stalevo 100 Oral Interactions
Your healthcare professional (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not stop or change the dosage of any medicine without checking with them first.
Avoid taking MAO inhibitors (e.g., furazolidone, isocarboxazid, linezolid, moclobemide, phenelzine, procarbazine, tranylcypromine) within 2 weeks before, during, and after treatment with this medication. In some cases a serious (possibly fatal) drug interaction may occur.
Certain MAO inhibitors (rasagiline, selegiline) may be used cautiously with close monitoring by your doctor.
If you are currently using any of these medications listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting this medication. If you are taking rasagiline or selegiline for Parkinson's disease, ask your doctor if you should continue taking it.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription products you may use, especially of:
- medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension)
- other drugs to treat Parkinson's disease (including other drugs that contain levodopa, carbidopa, or entacapone)
- iron vitamins
- tricyclic antidepressants (e.g., amitriptyline)
- phenytoin
- papaverine
- isoproterenol
- adrenaline (epinephrine)
- norepinephrine
- dopamine
- dobutamine
- alpha-methyldopa
- apomorphine
- isoetharine
- bitolterol
- probenecid
- cholestyramine
- metoclopramide
- selegiline
- certain antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin, ampicillin, rifampin, chloramphenicol)
Also, report use of any medicine that can make you drowsy, such as:
- sedatives
- tranquilizers
- anti-anxiety medicine
- anti-seizure drugs
- narcotic pain relievers (e.g., codeine)
- psychiatric medicines
- certain drowsiness-causing antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine)
This medication can cause false results with urine glucose testing in diabetics. Blood glucose testing should be performed instead.
This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.
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