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How effective is this medicine for treating parkinson's disease: sinemet (carbidopa and levodopa) (carbidopa-levodopa)?
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Probably the best: This medication has never been supplanted, and is still the standard to treat the Parkinsonian issue with dopamine depletion.
Answered 5/3/2015
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