can carbidopa/levodopa cause these? - drsanmyt

[ArchivalUser]

akathisia and dyskinesia?

it sounds paradoxical. it is used to treat movement disorder but it causes dyskinesia. antipsychotics cause akathisia. levodopa has opposite effect. but again, it also causes dyskinesia.

[ArchivalUser]

yes it does. that's why there is no hard and fast in medicine.