Selegiline

🧮 Dose calculator

Parkinson's disease · Regimen source: FDA Selegiline caps · Dosage and Administration

• • With levodopa/carbidopa; after 2–3 days levodopa may be cut by 10–30%. Above 10 mg/day MAO-B selectivity is lost. FDA Selegiline caps · Dosage and AdministrationFDA Selegiline caps · Warnings

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Selegiline caps · Pregnancy

  “Pregnancy Category C No teratogenic effects were observed in a study of embryo-fetal development in Sprague-Dawley rats at oral doses of 4, 12, and 36 mg/kg or 4, 12 and 35 times the human therapeutic dose on a mg/m 2 basis.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Selegiline caps · Nursing Mothers

  “Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, consideration should be given to discontinuing the use of all but absolutely essential drug treatments in nursing women.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Selegiline caps · Pediatric Use

  “The effects of selegiline hydrochloride in children have not been evaluated.”

• 👴 Older adultsNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.