Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Drug Interactions

Other medicines and Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets: Tell the doctor or pharmacist if taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.
Do not take Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets if taking certain medicines for treating depression (combinations of selective MAO-A and MAO-B inhibitors, or non-selective MAO inhibitors).
Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets may increase the effects and side effects of certain medicines. These include: medicines used to treat depression such as moclobemide, amitriptyline, desipramine, maprotiline, venlafaxine and paroxetine; rimiterol and isoprenaline, used to treat respiratory diseases; adrenaline, used for severe allergic reactions; noradrenaline, dopamine and dobutamine, used to treat heart diseases and low blood pressure; alpha-methyldopa, used to treat high blood pressure; apomorphine, used to treat Parkinson's disease.
The effects of Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets may be weakened by certain medicines. These include: dopamine antagonists, used to treat mental disorders, nausea and vomiting; phenytoin, used to prevent convulsions; papaverine, used to relax the muscles.
Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets may make it harder to digest iron. Therefore, do not take Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets and iron supplements at the same time. After taking one of them, wait at least 2 to 3 hours before taking the other.
Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets with food and drink: Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets may be taken with or without food. For some patients, Levodopa/Carbidopa/Entacapone Teva Tablets may not be well absorbed if it is taken with, or shortly after eating protein-rich food (such as meats, fish, dairy products, seeds and nuts).