The following adverse experiences have been reported in post-marketing experience with carbidopa and levodopa extended-release tablets:
Cardiovascular: Cardiac irregularities, syncope.
Gastrointestinal: Taste alterations, dark saliva.
Hypersensitivity: Angioedema, urticaria, pruritus, bullous lesions (including pemphigus-like reactions).
Nervous System/Psychiatric: Increased tremor, peripheral neuropathy, psychotic episodes including delusions and paranoid ideation, pathological gambling, increased libido including hypersexuality, impulse control symptoms.
Skin: Alopecia, flushing, dark sweat.
Urogenital: Dark urine.
Other adverse reactions that have been reported with levodopa alone and with various carbidopa-levodopa formulations and may occur with carbidopa and levodopa extended-release tablets are:
Cardiovascular: Phlebitis.
Gastrointestinal: Gastrointestinal bleeding, development of duodenal ulcer, sialorrhea, bruxism, hiccups, flatulence, burning sensation of tongue.
Hematologic: Hemolytic and nonhemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, agranulocytosis.
Hypersensitivity: Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
Metabolic: Weight gain, edema.
Nervous System/Psychiatric: Ataxia, depression with suicidal tendencies, dementia, euphoria, convulsions (however, a causal relationship has not been established); bradykinetic episodes, numbness, muscle twitching, blepharospasm (which may be taken as an early sign of excess dosage; consideration of dosage reduction may be made at this time), trismus, activation of latent Horner's syndrome, nightmares.
Skin: Malignant melanoma (see also
CONTRAINDICATIONS), increased sweating.
Special Senses: Oculogyric crisis, mydriasis, diplopia.
Urogenital: Urinary retention, priapism.
Miscellaneous: Faintness, hoarseness, malaise, hot flashes, sense of stimulation, bizarre breathing patterns.
Laboratory Tests: Abnormalities in alkaline phosphatase, SGOT (AST), SGPT (ALT), bilirubin, Coombs test, uric acid.