A patient with Parkinson’s disease will start taking entacapone (Comtan) along with the carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet) he has been taking for a few years. The nurse recognizes that the advantage of...

A patient with Parkinson’s disease will start taking entacapone (Comtan) along with the carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet) he has been taking for a few years. The nurse recognizes that the advantage of taking entacapone is that a the entacapone can reduce on-off effects. b the levodopa may be stopped in a few days. c there is less GI upset with entacapone. d it does not cause the cheese effect.