What is Ongentys for Parkinson’s disease? Ongentys (opicapone) for Parkinson’s disease is an approved add-on therapy that’s used to enhance symptom control in people using levodopa and carbidopa. It is specifically intended to help reduce off episodes, or the return of symptoms between levodopa doses. The death of nerve cells that produce dopamine, an important brain signaling molecule, causes Parkinson’s. Without enough dopamine, the brain stru…
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