Lecaren 100 mg Tablet

This is a combination of levodopa, carbidopa and entacapone for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Levodopa is the metabolic precursor of dopamine, it crosses the bloodbrain barrier and is converted to dopamine in the brain. Carbidopa is a dopa decarboxylase (DDC) inhibitor which reduces the peripheral metabolism of levodopa to dopamine, and thus, more levodopa is available to the brain. Entacapone is a selective inhibitor of catecholo-methyltransferase. Given concurrently, entacapone results in greater and more sustained plasma levels of levodopa, leading to greater control of parkinsonism symptoms.