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He rongoā te Opicapone e āwhina ana i te hunga e mate ana i te mate o Parkinson ki te whakahaere i ā rātou tohumate kia pai ake. E mahi ana hei rongoā āwhina i te taha o te levodopa, e whakanui ana i te roa o te rongoā matua mō te mate o Parkinson, me te whai hua ake i te roa o te rā.
Mēnā kua tohua te opicapone ki a koe, ki tētahi rānei e manaakitia ana e koe, tērā pea he pātai āu mō te āhua o tōna mahi me ngā mea e tūmanakohia ana. Mā tēnei aratohu ngawari koe e ārahi i ngā mea katoa e hiahia ana koe ki te mōhio mō tēnei rongoā, mai i te āhua o tōna āwhina i tō tinana ki ngā pānga taha ka pā ki a koe.
He rongoā tohutohu te Opicapone i hangaia hei āwhina i te hunga e mate ana i te mate o Parkinson. No tētahi rōpū rongoā e kīia ana ko COMT inhibitors, e mahi ana mā te aukati i tētahi enzyme e wawahi ana i te levodopa i te tere rawa.
Whakaarohia te opicapone hei whakangungu rakau mō tō rongoā matua mō te mate o Parkinson. Ka tango koe i te levodopa, ka ngana tō tinana ki te wawahi i tēnei i mua i tōna tae ki tō roro. Ka uru mai te opicapone ki te whakaiti i tēnei tukanga, e whai wāhi ana te levodopa ki te mahi i tana mahi.
Ka tae mai te rongoā hei kāpuhi e tango ana koe kotahi ia rā. E whakamahia ana i ngātahi me te levodopa me te carbidopa, kāore rawa i te motuhake. Mā tēnei huarahi whakakotahi e āwhina ana ki te waihanga i tētahi taumata tūpono o te whakahaere tohumate i te roa o tō rā.
E whakamahia ana te Opicapone ki te rongoā i ngā wāhanga "kua pau" i te hunga e mate ana i te mate o Parkinson. Ka pā ēnei wāhanga ka tīmata ana tō rongoā levodopa ki te ngaro i tōna whai huatanga i mua i te wā e tika ana tō inenga e whai ake nei.
I ngā wā o te pau, tērā pea ka kite koe i te hokinga mai, i te kino rānei o ō tohumate Parkinson. Ka puhoi ake pea ō nekehanga, ka mārō ake pea ō uaua, ka pā rānei te wiri ki a koe anō. Ka raru pea ēnei wāhanga, ā, ka uaua ake ngā mahi o ia rā.
Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i te opicapone mēnā kei te tango kē koe i te levodopa engari kei te pā tonu ēnei tohumate. Ko te whāinga he whakanui i ngā wā "pai" ka pai te whakahaere i ō tohumate me te whakaiti i ngā wā e ngaro ana te pānga.
Ka mahi te Opicapone mā te aukati i tētahi enzyme e kīia ana ko COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) e wawahi ana i te levodopa i tō tinana. Mā te aukati i tēnei enzyme, ka taea e te opicapone te nui ake o te levodopa ki tō roro i te wā e tino hiahiatia ana.
E kiia ana tēnei rongoā he rongoā awhina kaha-āhua, kaua ki te rongoā tuatahi. Kāore e whakakapi i tō rongoā Parkinson matua engari ka whai pānga ake. E pā ana te pānga aukati mō te 24 hāora, koinei te take me tango kotahi anake i te rā.
I te wā e pupuri ana te opicapone i te nui ake o te levodopa e wātea ana i tō pūnaha, ka nui ake te whakahaere i ō tohumate. Ko te tikanga he iti ake ngā pikinga me ngā hekenga puta noa i te rā me te pai ake o te kounga o te ora.
Tangohia te opicapone i runga i te tohutohu a tō tākuta, te tikanga kotahi i te rā i te wā moe. Ko te horopeta noa he 50 mg, engari mā tō tākuta e whakatau te nui tika mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Me tango e koe te opicapone i runga i te puku kau, i te iti rawa i te hāora kotahi i mua i te kai, i te rua hāora rānei i muri i te kai. Mā tēnei wā e āwhina tō tinana ki te tango tika i te rongoā. Ko te tango i te rongoā me te kai ka whakaiti i te pai o tōna mahi.
Horomia te kāpuhi katoa me te karaihe wai. Kaua e kuru, e ngaungau, e whakatuwhera rānei i te kāpuhi, nā te mea ka pā tēnei ki te tukunga o te rongoā i tō tinana. Mēnā he uaua ki a koe te horomi i ngā kāpuhi, kōrero ki tō tākuta mō ētahi atu kōwhiringa.
Whakamātau ki te tango i te opicapone i te wā kotahi i ia rā kia mau tonu ngā taumata i tō tinana. He maha ngā tāngata e kite ana he āwhina ki te tango i te wā moe nā te mea i ētahi wā ka pōuri.
Ko te tikanga he rongoā wā-roa te Opicapone, ā, ka haere tonu koe ki te tango i tēnei rongoā i te wā e whai hua ana ki ō tohumate Parkinson. Ko te nuinga o te tangata e tango ana i tēnei rongoā mō te wā roa, me ētahi atu rongoā Parkinson.
Ka tirotirohia e tō tākuta i ngā wā katoa te pai o te rongoā mō koe. Ka whakatikatikahia pea e rātou tō horopeta, ka huri rānei i ō rongoā kē atu i runga i te āhua o tō urupare. Mā tēnei aroturuki tonu e whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te mana whakahaere tohumate pai rawa atu.
Kaua rawa e mutu te tango i te opicapone me te kore e kōrero tuatahi ki tō tākuta. Ko te whakamutu ohorere ka tere te kino o ō tohumate Parkinson. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakamutu i te rongoā, ka hangaia e tō tākuta tētahi mahere hei mahi i tērā i runga i te haumaru.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka pānga taha te opicapone, ahakoa kāore te katoa e pā ana ki a rātou. Ko te nuinga o ngā pānga taha he ngawari, he mārama, ā, he maha ngā tāngata e pai ana ki te rongoā.
Anei ngā pānga taha tino noa ka pā ki a koe i te tīmatanga o te opicapone:
Ko ēnei pānga taha noa ka pai ake i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki te rongoā i ngā wiki tuatahi o te rongoā.
Ka pā pea ki ētahi tāngata ngā pānga taha nui ake e hiahia ana ki te āwhina hauora. Ahakoa kāore ēnei i te noa, he mea nui kia mōhio ki a rātou:
Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi o ēnei pānga kino nui ake, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta tonu. Mā rātou e āwhina ki te whakatau mēnā he tika te rongoā mōu, mēnā rānei e tika ana kia whakarerekētia.
Kāore a Opicapone i te pai mō te katoa, ā, ka āta whakaaro tō tākuta ki tō hītori hauora i mua i te whakarite. Ko ētahi tāngata me karo katoa tēnei rongoā mō ngā take haumaru.
Kāore koe e tango opicapone mēnā he ōrite ō mate hauora, e tango rānei i ētahi rongoā motuhake. Koinei ngā āhuatanga matua kāore i te tūtohutia a opicapone:
Ka whakamahi anō tō tākuta i te tūpato anō mēnā he raru ate ngawari ki te āhua, he hītori o te mate ngākau, e tango rānei i ngā rongoā toto toto. Kāore ēnei āhuatanga e aukati aunoa i a koe ki te tango opicapone, engari e hiahia ana kia mātakitaki tata atu.
Me kōrero ngā wāhine hapū, ngā wāhine e whāngai ana i te ū ki ngā tākuta mō ngā tūponotanga me ngā painga, nā te mea he iti noa ngā mōhiohio mō te haumaru o opicapone i te wā e hapū ana, e whāngai ana i te ū.
Kei te wātea a Opicapone i raro i te ingoa waitohu Ongentys i te nuinga o ngā whenua i whakaaetia ai. Koinei te huarahi tino noa ka kite koe i te whakarite me te tuku i ngā whare rongoā.
He rerekē pea ngā ingoa waitohu, ngā momo rānei i ētahi atu whenua. Me kōrero tonu ki tō kaiwhakahaere rongoā mēnā he pātai āu mō te momo rongoā e whiwhi ana koe, kia mōhio ai kei te whiwhi koe i te rongoā tika.
Ahakoa e whiwhi ana koe i te ingoa waitohu, i te momo rānei o te opicapone, me rite tonu te whakauru kaha me te whai huatanga. Ka taea e tō tākuta me tō kaiwhakahaere rongoā te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ko tēhea momo te mea pai mō tō āhuatanga.
Mēnā kāore te opicapone i te tika mōu, he rongoā anō kei te wātea hei āwhina i ngā wā e ngaro ana te pānga o te rongoā i te mate o Parkinson. Ka whakaaro pea tō tākuta ki ēnei kōwhiringa kē i runga i ō hiahia me tō hītori hauora.
Ko ētahi atu aukati COMT ko te entacapone, e mahi ana i te rite ki te opicapone engari me tango i te maha o ngā wā i ia rā. E pai ana ētahi tāngata ki tēnei kōwhiringa mēnā e hiahia ana rātou ki te nui ake o te mana whakahaere i te wā, engari e pai ana ētahi atu ki te horopeta kotahi i te rā o te opicapone.
Ko ngā aukati MAO-B pēnei i te selegiline, i te rasagiline rānei e mahi rerekē ana, engari ka taea hoki te āwhina ki te whakaroa i ngā pānga o te levodopa. E aukati ana ēnei rongoā i tētahi enzyme rerekē, ā, he pai pea mēnā kāore e taea e koe te tango i ngā aukati COMT.
Ka whakaaro pea tō tākuta ki te whakatika i tō hōtaka horopeta levodopa, ki te tāpiri i ngā agonist dopamine, ki te tūhura rānei i ētahi atu rongoā mō te mate o Parkinson. Ko te huarahi pai rawa atu e whakawhirinaki ana ki ō tohumate takitahi, ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora, me te pēhea te urupare ki ngā rongoā rerekē.
Ko te opicapone me te entacapone he aukati COMT e āwhina ana ki te whakaroa i ngā pānga o te levodopa, engari he rerekētanga nui ō rāua. Ko te painga nui o te opicapone ko tōna horopeta kotahi i te rā, i te mea me tango te entacapone i te wā o ia horopeta levodopa.
E ai ki ngā rangahau, ka whai hua pea te opicapone mō te wā roa ake, ā, he pai ake pea te whakaiti i te wā e ngaro ai te pānga. Heoi anō, kua whakamahia te entacapone mō ngā tau maha, ā, he pai te pūtake haumaru e pai ana ki ētahi tākuta me ngā tūroro.
Ko te whiriwhiri i waenga i ēnei rongoā ka heke iho ki te wātea me te urupare takitahi. He pai ake te mahi a ētahi tāngata ki te huarahi pumau o te opicapone kotahi i te rā, i te mea e pai ana ētahi ki te ngāwari o te tango entacapone i te wā e hiahiatia ana me ā rātou horopeta levodopa.
Ka whakaaro tō tākuta ki ngā mea pēnei i tō rātou rā, ētahi atu rongoā, te manawanui ki ngā pānga taha, me te utu i te wā e tūtohu ana ko tēhea kōwhiringa ka pai ake mōu.
Ka taea te whakamahi i te opicapone i te tūpato mō te hunga e pā ana ki te mate ngākau, engari me mātakitaki tō tākuta. I ētahi wā ka pā te whanoke, te huringa toto rānei ki te rongoā, ka pā pea ki tō mate ngākau.
Ka hiahia pea tō tākuta ki te mātakitaki i tō toto me te manawataki i te wā e tīmata ana te opicapone. Ka tīmata pea rātou i te horopeta iti ake, ka whakatika rānei i ō rātou rongoā ngākau kia mōhio ai kei te mahi tahi ngā mea katoa i te haumaru.
Mēnā he mate ngākau tōu, me kōrero ki tō tākuta mō te mamae o te uma, te manawataki kōaro, te pōturi rānei o te manawa i te wā e tango ana i te opicapone. Ko ēnei tohu ka tohu pea kāore te rongoā e tika ana mō tō mate ngākau.
Mēnā ka tango koe i te nui rawa o te opicapone i te mea i whakaritea, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te pokapū whakahaere paitini tonu. Ko te tango i te nui rawa ka piki ake te tūponotanga o ngā pānga taha, ā, ka hiahiatia pea te āwhina hauora.
Ko ngā tohu o te nui rawa o te opicapone ka uru pea ki te whakapairuaki nui, te ruaki, te whanoke, te rangirua, ngā nekehanga rānei kāore i te tikanga. Kaua e tatari kia kite mena ka puta ngā tohu – he pai ake te rapu awhina tonu ahakoa kei te pai koe.
I te wā e tatari ana koe mō ngā tohutohu hauora, kaua e tango atu anō i te opicapone, ā, karo i te taraiwa, i te whakahaere rānei i ngā mīhini. Puritia te pounamu rongoā ki a koe kia kite ai ngā kaiwhakarato hauora i te aha me te nui i tangohia e koe.
Mēnā ka ngaro i a koe tō horopeta o ia rā o te opicapone, tangohia i te wā e mahara ana koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wā mō tō horopeta e whai ake nei. I tērā wā, waiho te horopeta i ngaro, ka haere tonu ki tō hōtaka auau.
Kaua rawa e tango e rua ngā horopeta o te opicapone i te wā kotahi hei utu mō tētahi horopeta i ngaro. Mā tēnei ka piki ake pea tō tūponotanga ki ngā pānga taha me te kore e whai hua anō mō ō tohu Parkinson.
Mēnā he maha ngā wā e wareware ana koe ki ngā horopeta, whakamātau ki te whakatakoto i tētahi whakaoho o ia rā, ki te whakamahi rānei i tētahi kaiwhakarite pire. Ko te tango i te opicapone i te wā kotahi i ia rā ka āwhina i te pupuri i ngā taumata rite i tō tinana mō te pai ake o te whakahaere i ngā tohu.
Me whakamutu anake e koe te tango i te opicapone i raro i te ārahitanga a tō tākuta. Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata e mate ana i te mate Parkinson me haere tonu te tango i te wā roa hei wāhanga o tā rātou mahere maimoatanga.
Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta ki te whakamutu i te opicapone mēnā ka pā ki a koe ngā pānga taha e nui ake ana i ngā hua, mēnā ka huri nui tō mate Parkinson, mēnā rānei ka tika ake ētahi atu maimoatanga mō tō āhuatanga.
Ka tae ki te wā ki te whakamutu, ka whakaiti pea tō tākuta i tō horopeta mā te āta haere, kaua i te whakamutu ohorere. Mā tēnei ka āwhina i te aukati i ō tohu Parkinson kia kaua e kino wawe, ā, ka taea e tō tinana te urutau ki te huringa.
He pai ake te whakaiti i te inu waipiro i te wa e tango ana i te opicapone, na te mea ka puta te hiamoe me te whanoke. Ko te whakakotahi i a raua ka nui ake enei paanga, ka kore koe e pumau.
Mena ka whiriwhiria e koe te inu waipiro, me mahi i runga i te ngawari me te aro ki te ahua o to tinana. Ko etahi tangata e kite ana ahakoa he iti noa te waipiro ka nui ake te paanga ki a ratou i te wa e tango ana i te opicapone.
Korero ki to taakuta mo o tikanga inu waipiro kia taea e ratou te tohutohu whaiaro i runga i to hauora katoa me etahi atu rongoa. Ka tohutohu pea ratou kia karohia te waipiro katoa, kia whakaaro ranei ki nga rohe motuhake e haumaru ana mo koe.
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