A Nursing Student Wants to Know How Carbidopa Can Be

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nursing student wants to know how carbidopa can be effective for treating Parkinson disease if it prevents the conversion of levodopa to dopamine. The nurse explains that carbidopa:

• A) can be taken with high-protein meals.
• B) does not cross the blood-brain barrier.
• C) has dopamine-like effects of its own.
• D) reduces abrupt loss of effect.

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