SELEGILINE HYDROCHLORIDE (ZELAPAR) Nursing Considerations

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What is the generic name?

SELEGILINE HYDROCHLORIDE

What is the Trade Name for SELEGILINE HYDROCHLORIDE?

ZELAPAR

What are the Indications for SELEGILINE HYDROCHLORIDE?

  • 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE ZELAPAR is indicated as an adjunct in the management of patients with Parkinson‚Äôs disease being treated with levodopa/carbidopa who exhibit deterioration in the quality of their response to this therapy. There is no evidence from controlled studies that ZELAPAR has any beneficial effect in the absence of concurrent levodopa therapy [see Clinical Studies (14 ) ]. ZELAPAR, a monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) inhibitor, is indicated as an adjunct in the management of patients with Parkinson‚Äôs disease being treated with levodopa/carbidopa who exhibit deterioration in the quality of their response to this therapy ( 1 )

 

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