-
Entacapone, sold
under the
brand name
Comtan among others, is a
medication commonly used in
combination with
other medications for the
treatment of Parkinson's...
- Carbidopa/levodopa/
entacapone, sold
under the
brand name
Stalevo among others, is a
dopaminergic fixed-dose
combination medication that
contains carbidopa...
- has been
found to
inhibit COMT
centrally as well. In
comparison with
entacapone,
another nitrocatechol COMT inhibitor,
tolcapone has a
longer half life...
-
substrate of COMT. COMT inhibitors, like
entacapone, save
levodopa from COMT and
prolong the
action of levodopa.
Entacapone is a
widely used
adjunct drug of levodopa...
-
people with Parkinson's
disease also
taking carbidopa/levodopa.
Marketed Entacapone (Comtan, Comtess, Stalevo)
Opicapone (Ongentys)
Tolcapone (Tasmar) Not...
- used in the
treatment of diarrhea-predominant
irritable bowel syndrome Entacapone – a catechol-O-methyltransferase
inhibitor used in
combination with levodopa...
- (as levodopa/benserazide), and with both
carbidopa and
entacapone (as levodopa/carbidopa/
entacapone). In
addition to
levodopa itself,
certain prodrugs of...
- levodopa/carbidopa and levodopa/benserazide, as well as levodopa/carbidopa/
entacapone. L-DOPA is
found in high
amounts in
Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) and...
-
nitrocatechol and is
structurally related to
other catechol COMT
inhibitors like
entacapone, tolcapone, and nebicapone. COMT
inhibitors are used in
conjunction with...
- Sinemet,
Pharmacopa and Atamet;
while Stalevo is a
combination with
entacapone,
which enhances the
bioavailability of
carbidopa and levodopa. Carbidopa...
