Multiple Choice
A patient newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease has been given a prescription for levodopa-carbidopa (Sinemet ) .The patient comments,however,that a friend was given a prescription for "plain levodopa." What should the nurse explain to this patient about her prescription?
A) Levodopa alone cannot cross the blood-brain barrier.
B) There is no real difference between the two prescriptions.
C) The combination drug is more efficient in increasing the dopamine level in the brain.
D) Concerns about drug-food interactions with levodopa therapy do not exist with the combination therapy.
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