OPICAPONE (ONGENTYS) Nursing Considerations

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What is the generic name?

OPICAPONE

What is the Trade Name for OPICAPONE?

ONGENTYS

What are the Indications for OPICAPONE?

  • 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE ONGENTYS is indicated as adjunctive treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in patients with Parkinson‚Äôs disease (PD) experiencing ‚Äúoff‚Äù episodes. ONGENTYS is a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor indicated as adjunctive treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in patients with Parkinson‚Äôs disease (PD) experiencing ‚Äúoff‚Äù episodes. ( 1 )

 

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