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When should levodopa be taken: with meals or between meals?

 Queries and Comments   Different sources (summaries of product characteristics, prescribing information) give very different recommendations on how to take levodopa, the first-choice drug for reducing the motor disorders of Parkinson’s disease. Prescrire's answer to a volunteer from a French patient group points out the absence of robust clinical evaluation data and proposes a pragmatic approach.
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Source: "When should levodopa be taken: with meals or between meals?" Prescrire Int 2023; 32 (253): 279. Subscribers only.

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