Rasagiline

Pronounced rah-SAJ-i-leen

Brand names: Azilect

Type: MAO-B inhibitor (Parkinson medicine) · All Neurology Medicines

What Rasagiline is used for

  • Parkinson disease
  • Early Parkinson disease and as an add-on to levodopa

Common side effects

  • Headache
  • Joint pain
  • Indigestion
  • Depression-like symptoms
  • Flu-like symptoms

Important cautions

  • Interacts with certain antidepressants and the antibiotic ciprofloxacin; dietary tyramine caution is advised at a general level

How it comes

Tablets. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.

Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.