Bidopal 500 Mg

Information About Bidopal 500 Mg

About Bidopal 500 Mg

Medicine Brand Bidopal 500 mg is manufactured by Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd and mainly contents the generic drug Levodopa.

Pakaging

10 Tablet

Active Ingredients For Bidopal 500 Mg

Levodopa 500 mg

Diseases List For Which Bidopal 500 Mg Is Prescribed

This Drug Is Prescribed For Idiopathic postencephalitis and arteriosclerotic Parkinsonism

Other Significations For Bidopal 500 Mg

This Medication This combination medication contains antidyskinetic drugs prescribed for Parkinsons disease

Precautions To Be Taken Before Bidopal 500 Mg

The use of amantadine Symmetrel benztropine Cogentin procyclidine Kemadrin or trihexyphenidyl Artane with levodopa can enhance the anti Parkinsons effects of levodopa Droperidol haloperidol Haldol loxapine Loxitane metoclopramideReglan phenothiazines such as prochlorperazine Thorazine thioxanthenes as thiothixene Navane inhibit dopamine in the brain These drugs therefore can worsen Parkinsons disease and reverse the beneficial effects of levodopa Methyldopa Aldomet and reserpine also can interfere with the beneficial actions of carbidopalevodopa and can increase the risk of side effects The occurrence of postural hypotension reduced blood pressure when standing from a sitting or lying down position may increase when carbidopalevodopa is combined with drugs that reduce blood pressurePhenytoin Dilantin can increase the breakdown of carbidopalevodopa reducing its effectiveness Use of carbidopalevodopa with monoamine oxidase inhibitors MAOIs antidepressants for example isocarboxazid Marplan phenelzine Nardil tranylcypromine Parnate and procarbazine Matulane can result in severe and dangerous elevations in blood pressure MAOIs should be stopped 24 weeks before starting carbidopalevodopa therapy

Major Conditions And Care

Pregnancy And Bidopal 500 Mg

Can We Take Bidopal 500 Mg During Pregnancy?

Pregnancy Class : D There is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from investigational or marketing experience or studies in humans but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks

Lactation And Bidopal 500 Mg

Can We Use Bidopal 500 Mg During Lactation

Lactation Class L4 There is positive evidence of risk to a breastfed infant or to breastmilk production but the benefits of use in breastfeeding mothers may be acceptable despite the risk to the infant eg if the drug is needed in a lifethreatening situation or for a serious disease for which safer drugs cannot be used or are ineffective

Side Effects Of Bidopal 500 Mg

Nausea stomach upset skin rash acute toxicity