Table 3.
Conversion from immediate-release carbidopa–levodopa to Rytary.
Total daily dose of levodopa in immediate-release carbidopa–levodopa | Recommended starting dosage of Rytary |
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Total daily dose of levodopa in Rytary | Rytary dosing regimen | |
400–549 mg | 855 mg | 3 capsules Rytary 23.75 mg/95 mg taken three times daily |
550–749 mg | 1140 mg | 4 capsules Rytary 23.75 mg/95 mg taken three times daily |
750–949 mg | 1305 mg | 3 capsules Rytary 36.25 mg/145 mg taken three times daily |
950–1249 mg | 1755 mg | 3 capsules Rytary 48.75 mg/195 mg taken three times daily |
⩾1250 mg | 2340 mg or 2205 mg | 4 capsules Rytary 48.75 mg/195 mg taken three times daily or 3 capsules Rytary 61.25 mg/245 mg taken three times daily |
Reproduced from the Rytary Prescribing Information with permission from Impax Laboratories Incorporated.