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Sinemet

Sinemet Sinemet is an oral medicine that combines carbidopa and levodopa.

Sinemet is an oral medicine that combines carbidopa and levodopa. Levodopa is converted to dopamine in the brain, while carbidopa reduces levodopa’s breakdown outside the brain, helping more of it reach the central nervous system; it has dopaminergic and antiparkinsonian effects.