Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:

-MAOIs like Marplan, Nardil, and Parnate

This medicine may also interact with the following medications:

-antihistamines for allergy, cough, and cold
-antipsychotics like risperidone and haloperidol
-certain medicines for anxiety or sleep
-certain medicines for depression like amitriptyline, fluoxetine, sertraline
-certain medicines for seizures like phenobarbital, primidone
-general anesthetics like halothane, isoflurane, methoxyflurane, propofol
-iron salts or multivitamins with iron salts
-isoniazid
-linezolid
-local anesthetics like lidocaine, pramoxine, tetracaine
-medicines that relax muscles for surgery
-metoclopramide
-narcotic medicines for pain
-phenothiazines like chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, prochlorperazine, thioridazine
-rasagiline
-safinamide
-selegiline
-yohimbine

They need to know if you have any of these conditions:


-glaucoma
-have trouble controlling your muscles
-heart disease
-if you often drink alcohol
-liver disease
-lung or breathing disease, like asthma
-mental illness
-narcolepsy
-sleep apnea
-stomach or intestine problems
-an unusual or allergic reaction to levodopa, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
-pregnant or trying to get pregnant
-breast-feeding

Visit your health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Tell your health care professional if your symptoms do not start to get better or if they get worse. Do not stop taking except on your health care professional''s advice. You may develop a severe reaction. Your health care professional will tell you how much medicine to take.

You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this drug affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks.

When taking this medicine, you may fall asleep without notice. You may be doing activities like driving a car, talking, or eating. You may not feel drowsy before it happens. Contact your health care provider right away if this happens to you.

There have been reports of increased sexual urges or other strong urges such as gambling while taking this medicine. If you experience any of these while taking this medicine, you should report this to your healthcare professional as soon as possible.

Keep out of the reach of children.

Store at room temperature between 20 and 25 degrees C (68 and 77 degrees F). Keep capsules in the foil pack until you are ready to use. Do not store capsules inside the inhaler for a future dose. Keep the inhaler and capsules dry. Throw away the inhaler after all capsules in the carton have been used. Use the new inhaler that comes with your prescription refill. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.