Lodosyn Oral
In Depth
- Uses and How to Use
- Dosage and Storage
- Precautions and Side Effects
- Drug Interactions
- Drug Images
Pronounced: (kar-beh-DOE-puh)
Lodosyn Oral Interactions
See also How to Use Section.
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 carbidopa. 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/herbal products you may use, especially:
- all levodopa-containing products
- medicine for high blood pressure (e.g., guanethidine, methyldopa, reserpine)
- antidepressants (e.g., tricyclics such as amitriptyline/nortriptyline)
- antipsychotics (e.g., chlorpromazine, thioridazine, risperidone)
- metoclopramide
- phenytoin
- papaverine
- tryptophan (e.g., l-tryptophan, oxitriptan)
This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including urine glucose/ketone tests), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.
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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