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I-Carbidopa ne-levodopa iyinhlanganisela yemithi esetshenziselwa ikakhulukazi ukwelapha isifo sikaParkinson kanye nezifo ezihambisanayo zokunyakaza. Lezi zithako ezimbili ezinamandla zisebenzisana ukusiza ukubuyisela ibhalansi ye-dopamine ebuchosheni bakho, okungathuthukisa kakhulu izimpawu ezinjengokuthuthumela, ukuqina, nobunzima bokunyakaza.
Uma wena noma othile omkhathalelayo enikwe lo muthi, cishe ufuna imininingwane ecacile nethembekile mayelana nokuthi usebenza kanjani nokuthi yini ongayilindela. Ake sihambe ngakho konke okudingeka ukwazi ngale ndlela yokwelapha ebalulekile.
I-Carbidopa ne-levodopa yinhlanganisela yemithi emibili esebenza njengeqembu ukwelapha izifo zokunyakaza. I-Levodopa iyisithako esiyinhloko esisebenzayo ubuchopho bakho obuguqula bube yi-dopamine, kuyilapho i-carbidopa isebenza njengomsizi oqinisekisa ukuthi i-levodopa eningi ifinyelela ebuchosheni bakho lapho idingeka kakhulu.
Cabanga nge-carbidopa njengomuntu oqapha i-levodopa. Ngaphandle kwe-carbidopa, iningi le-levodopa lingahlakazwa ngumzimba wakho ngaphambi kokuthi lifinyelele ebuchosheni bakho. Le nhlanganisela yenza ukwelashwa kuphumelele kakhulu futhi kunciphisa imiphumela engathandeki eceleni kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba wakho.
Lo muthi ubhekwa njengendlela yokwelapha yegolide yesifo sikaParkinson. Sekusiza abantu ukuthi balawule izimpawu zabo amashumi eminyaka futhi iyaqhubeka nokuba enye yezindlela zokwelapha eziphumelela kakhulu ezitholakalayo zezifo zokunyakaza.
Lo muthi unikezwa ikakhulukazi ukwelapha isifo sikaParkinson, isimo lapho ubuchopho bakho bungakhiqizi i-dopamine eyanele. Kungasiza futhi nezinye izifo zokunyakaza ezihilela izinkinga ezifanayo ezihlobene ne-dopamine.
Izimo eziyinhloko lo muthi osiza ngazo zihlanganisa izifo eziningana ezibalulekile zokunyakaza ezithinta impilo yansuku zonke:
Udkt wakho uzonquma ukuthi lo muthi ulungele yini isimo sakho esithile. Lesi sinqumo sincike ezimpawini zakho, umlando wakho wezokwelapha, nokuthi ungase usabele kanjani ekwelashweni.
Lo muthi usebenza ngokugcwalisa amazinga e-dopamine ebuchosheni bakho, okubalulekile ekulawuleni ukunyakaza okuvamile. I-Levodopa ingena ebuchosheni bakho futhi iguqulwe ibe yi-dopamine, kuyilapho i-carbidopa ivimbela lokhu kuguqulwa ukuthi kwenzeke ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba wakho.
Ubuchopho bakho budinga i-dopamine ukuthumela amasiginali abushelelezi, ahlelekile emisipheni yakho. Uma amazinga e-dopamine ephansi, ungase uhlangabezane nokuqhaqhazela, ukuqina, noma ubunzima bokuqala ukunyakaza. Lo muthi usiza ukubuyisela lelo bhalansi yamakhemikhali.
Inhlanganisela inamandla kakhulu futhi iyasebenza, ngokuvamile ibonisa ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo phakathi namasonto ambalwa kuya ezinyangeni zokuqala ukwelashwa. Kodwa-ke, akuyona ikhambi - iphatha izimpawu ngokuhlinzeka ubuchopho bakho ngezakhi zokwakha zamakhemikhali ezidingayo ukuze zisebenze kangcono.
Umuthi usebenza kahle kakhulu uma uthathwa njalo njengoba kuyalelwe. Umzimba wakho uzolungisa kancane kancane ukuba ne-dopamine etholakalayo eyengeziwe, okungaholela ekuthuthukisweni okukhulu emandleni akho okunyakaza nokwenza imisebenzi yansuku zonke.
Thatha lo muthi ngendlela udokotela wakho ayala ngayo, ngokuvamile izikhathi ezimbili kuya kwezine ngosuku. Isikhathi kanye nomthamo kubalwa ngokucophelela ngokuya ngezidingo zakho ezithile nokuthi umzimba wakho usabela kanjani ekwelashweni.
Ungayithatha le mithi ngaphandle kokudla noma ngemva kokudla, kodwa ukuyithatha ngokudla kungasiza ukunciphisa isisu esibuhlungu. Nokho, gwema ukuyithatha ngokudla okunama-protein amaningi, njengoba i-protein ingaphazamisa indlela umzimba wakho oyamunca ngayo imithi.
Nawa amanye amathrekhi abalulekile okufanele uwalandele uma uthatha imithi yakho:
Udokotela wakho angase akuqale ngomthamo ophansi bese ewukhulisa kancane kancane ngokusekelwe ekutheni uyayibekezelela kahle kangakanani imithi nokuthi uthola kangakanani ukuthuthuka. Le ndlela eqaphelayo isiza ukunciphisa imiphumela emibi ngenkathi uthola umthamo osebenzayo kakhulu kuwe.
Le mithi ngokuvamile iyindlela yokwelapha yesikhathi eside okungenzeka ukuthi uzodinga ukuyithatha iminyaka eminingi noma unomphela. Ubude besikhathi busekelwe esimweni sakho esiyisisekelo nokuthi imithi iyaqhubeka kanjani ukusebenza kuwe.
Ngesifo sikaParkinson, le mithi ngokuvamile inikeza ukulawulwa okuhle kwezimpawu iminyaka eminingi. Nokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ungase uqaphele ukuthi umthamo ngamunye awuhlali isikhathi eside njengoba wawunjalo, noma ungase uhlangabezane nokunyuka nokwehla okwengeziwe ezimpawini zakho.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha impendulo yakho njalo futhi angase alungise isimiso sakho sokulinganisa noma engeze eminye imithi njengoba kudingeka. Abanye abantu bathola ukuthi badinga imithamo evame kakhulu noma amafomula ahlukene njengoba isimo sabo siqhubeka.
Ungayeki ukuthatha lo muthi ngokuzumayo ngaphandle kokukhuluma nodokotela wakho kuqala. Ukuyeka kungazelelwe kungabangela izimpawu ezimbi zokuhoxisa kanye nokwanda okungazelelwe kwezinkinga zakho zokunyakaza. Uma kudingeka izinguquko, udokotela wakho uzokuqondisa ngenqubo yokulungisa ephephile.
Njengayo yonke imithi, i-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa ingabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba abantu abaningi beyibekezelela kahle. Imiphumela eminingi emibi iyalawuleka futhi ivame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi.
Imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile ongase uyithole, ikakhulukazi lapho uqala ukwelashwa, ihlanganisa izimpawu eziningana ezilawulekayo:
Le miphumela emibi ejwayelekile ivame ukuba ngaphansi kokuphazamisa njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi. Nokho, kubalulekile ukwazisa udokotela wakho uma ziqhubeka noma ziphazamisa imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke.
Abanye abantu bangase babe nemiphumela emibi ebaluleke kakhulu edinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha. Le miphumela engavamile kodwa ebucayi ihlanganisa:
Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yimaphi alawa maphuzu abucayi, xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha. Bangakwazi ukusiza ukulungisa uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha ukunciphisa le miphumela ngenkathi kugcinwa izinzuzo zomuthi.
Abantu abathile kufanele bagweme lo muthi noma bawusebenzise ngokuqapha okwengeziwe ngenxa yezingozi ezingaba khona noma ukuxhumana. Udokotela wakho uzobukeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokukuchazela lo muthi.
Akufanele usebenzise lo muthi uma usebenzise ama-MAO inhibitors (uhlobo lwe-antidepressant) emasontweni amabili adlule, njengoba le nhlanganisela ingabangela umfutho wegazi ophezulu ngendlela eyingozi. Kufanele futhi ukugweme uma une-narrow-angle glaucoma, njengoba ingenza lesi simo sibe sibi kakhulu.
Izimo eziningi zezokwelapha zidinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile nokuqapha ngokucophelela uma usebenzisa lo muthi:
Ukukhulelwa nokuncelisa nazo zidinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile. Ngenkathi lo muthi ungase udingeke kwabesifazane abathile, izinzuzo nezingozi zidinga ukuhlolwa ngokucophelela ngumhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
Udokotela wakho uzosebenza nawe ukuthola ukuthi lo muthi uphephile futhi ufanele isimo sakho esithile. Qiniseka ukuthi wabelana ngomlando wakho wezokwelapha ophelele nayo yonke imithi oyithathayo.
Le nhlanganisela yomuthi itholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi omkhiqizo, okujwayelekile kakhulu yi-Sinemet kanye ne-Sinemet CR. Lezi zindlela ezihlukene zinikeza izinketho ezihlukahlukene zokulinganisa namaphethini okukhishwa ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo ezihlukene zesiguli.
I-Sinemet iyinguqulo ekhishwa ngokushesha esebenza ngokushesha kodwa ingase idinge ukuthathwa kaningi usuku lonke. I-Sinemet CR iyinguqulo elawulwayo ekhishwa kancane enikeza imiphumela ehlala isikhathi eside futhi ingase ithathwe kaningi.
Eminye imikhiqizo yegama lomkhiqizo ihlanganisa i-Parcopa, encibilika olimini lwakho ngaphandle kwamanzi, kanye ne-Stalevo, ehlanganisa i-carbidopa, i-levodopa, kanye nomunye umuthi obizwa nge-entacapone ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle.
Izinhlobo ezivamile nazo ziyatholakala futhi zisebenza ngempumelelo njengemithi yegama lomkhiqizo. Udokotela wakho nomuthi wakho womuthi bangakusiza ukuthi uqonde ukuthi iyiphi ifomula engasebenza kangcono ngendlela yakho yokuphila kanye namaphethini ezimpawu.
Ngenkathi i-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa ivame ukuba yinto yokuqala yokwelapha isifo sikaParkinson, imithi eminingi ehlukile iyatholakala uma le nhlanganisela ingasebenzi kahle kuwe noma ibangela imiphumela emibi.
Ama-dopamine agonists afana ne-pramipexole (Mirapex) kanye ne-ropinirole (Requip) asebenza ngokuvuselela ngokuqondile ama-dopamine receptors ebuchosheni bakho. Le mithi ngezinye izikhathi isetshenziswa yodwa ekuqaleni kwesifo sikaParkinson noma ihlanganiswe ne-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa kamuva.
Ezinye izinketho zemithi zihlanganisa izigaba eziningana zemithi ehlukene engasiza ekuphatheni izimpawu zikaParkinson:
Kwabanye abantu, ukwelashwa okungekona okwemithi njengokuhlinzwa kokuvuselela ubuchopho okujulile (DBS) kungase kucatshangelwe lapho imithi ingasebenzi kahle. Ukwelashwa ngokomzimba, ukwelashwa komsebenzi, kanye nokwelashwa kwenkulumo nakho kungadlala indima ebalulekile yokusekela ekuphatheni izimpawu.
Udktora wakho uzokusiza ukuthi uhlole lezi ezinye izindlela uma kudingeka, ecabangela izimpawu zakho ezithile, iminyaka, indlela yokuphila, kanye nemigomo yokwelashwa.
I-Carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa zibhekwa kabanzi njengomuthi osebenza kahle kakhulu ekwelapheni isifo sikaParkinson, ikakhulukazi ezimpawini zemoto njengokuthuthumela, ukuqina, kanye nokuhamba kancane. Inikeza ukuthuthuka okukhulu kakhulu ezimpawini kubantu abaningi.
Uma iqhathaniswa nama-dopamine agonists, i-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa ngokuvamile inikeza ukukhululeka okunamandla kwezimpawu futhi mancane amathuba okuthi kubangele imiphumela emibi efana nokulala ngokweqile, ukuvuvukala, noma ukuziphatha okuyimpoqo. Kodwa-ke, ama-dopamine agonists angase akhethwe ezigulini ezincane ukuze kulibazise ezinye izinkinga zesikhathi eside.
Inzuzo enkulu ye-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa ukusebenza kwayo okunamandla ekubuyiseleni ukunyakaza nomsebenzi. Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo emandleni abo okuhamba, ukubhala, ukugqoka, nokwenza imisebenzi yansuku zonke.
Kodwa-ke, ukusetshenziswa kwesikhathi eside kungaholela ezinkingeni ezinjengemiphumela yokuguga (izimpawu zibuyela ngaphambi komthamo olandelayo) kanye nokunyakaza okungazelelwe. Yingakho odokotela abathile bekhetha ukuqala iziguli ezincane ngeminye imithi kuqala, begcina i-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa uma idingeka kakhulu.
I-Carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa zingasetshenziswa ngokuphepha ngabantu abaningi abanesifo senhliziyo, kodwa idinga ukuqashwa ngokucophelela ngudokotela wakho. Umuthi ngezinye izikhathi ungathinta isigqi senhliziyo nomfutho wegazi, ngakho-ke impilo yakho yenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi idinga ukuhlolwa njalo.
Udktela wakho cishe uzofuna ukuqapha ukusebenza kwenhliziyo yakho ngokusondela uma uqala lo muthi, ikakhulukazi uma unezinkinga zenhliziyo ezikhona. Bangase batusa ukuhlolwa kwengcindezi yegazi njalo futhi mhlawumbe i-electrocardiogram ukuqinisekisa ukuthi inhliziyo yakho iyawusingatha kahle umuthi.
Uma uphuza kakhulu lo muthi ngengozi, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ngokushesha. Ukuphuza kakhulu kungabangela isicanucanu esibi, ukuhlanza, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okungajwayelekile, kanye nezinguquko eziyingozi emgqeni wegazi.
Ungalindi ukubona ukuthi ngabe izimpawu ziyavela yini - funa ukwelashwa ngokushesha. Letha ibhodlela lomuthi nawe ukusiza abahlinzeki bezempilo baqonde kahle ukuthi yini nokuthi ungakanani owathathayo. Ukwelashwa ngokweqile ngokuvamile kuhilela ukunakekelwa okusekelayo nokuqapha kuze kube yilapho umuthi owedlulele ususuka ohlelweni lwakho.
Uma udlula umthamo, wuthatha ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle kokuthi sekuseduze isikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo. Kulokho, weqa umthamo odlulisiwe bese uqhubeka nohlelo lwakho lokulinganisa olujwayelekile - ungaqedi imithamo.
Ukuphuthelwa imithamo kungabangela izimpawu zakho ukuthi zibuye noma zibe zimbi okwesikhashana. Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, cabanga ukusebenzisa umhleli wamaphilisi noma ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo. Isikhathi esiqhubekayo sibalulekile ekugcineni ukulawulwa kwezimpawu okuqinile usuku lonke.
Akufanele uyeke ukuphuza i-carbidopa kanye ne-levodopa ngokuzumayo ngaphandle kwesiqondiso sikadokotela wakho. Ukuyeka ngokuzumayo kungabangela isimo esibi esibizwa nge-neuroleptic malignant syndrome, esihilela umkhuhlane, ukuqina kwemisipha, kanye nezinkinga ezingase zibe yingozi empilweni.
Uma udinga ukuyeka noma ukunciphisa lo muthi, udokotela wakho uzokwenza isimiso sokunciphisa kancane kancane. Lokhu kungase kudingeke uma ushintshela ekwelashweni okuhlukile noma uma umuthi ungasasizi izimpawu zakho ngempumelelo.
Abantu abaningi bangashayela ngokuphepha ngesikhathi besebenzisa i-carbidopa ne-levodopa, kodwa lokhu kuncike ekutheni umuthi ukuthinta kanjani ngamunye ngamunye nokuthi izimpawu zakho zilawulwa kahle kangakanani. Umuthi ngezinye izikhathi ungenza ukozela noma izigameko zokulala ezingazelelwe, okungenza ukushayela kungaphephile.
Qala ngokuhlola ukuthi umuthi uyithinta kanjani ukuqapha kwakho nesikhathi sokusabela ezimweni eziphephile ngaphambi kokushayela. Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yikuphi ukulala, isiyezi, noma izigameko zokulala ezingazelelwe, gwema ukushayela futhi uxoxe ngale miphumela nodokotela wakho. Bangase bakwazi ukulungisa umthamo wakho noma isikhathi sokunciphisa lezi zinkinga.
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