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HI, I've just come home from a very interesting, but unfortunately very poorly attended meeting with a group of representatives of Upjohn, the makers of mirapex. These reps were there to tell us about mirapex and to answer any of our questions. I was a little ashamed that of our whole very active support group , only 5 people showed up! (3 patients, one caregiver and the group coordinator) Of course, from my point of view it was a very good session, because I got to ask every question I could possibly dream up, and everybody listened to every word I had to say. I tried to remember all the things you guys have been commenting over the last few days. I must confess I haven't been paying much attention, because mirapex seems to suit me. But I remembered about the bloating and water retention. The reps were astounded. They claimed not to have heard of this problem, and showed figures that in the trials it occured in 5% of drug takers and 4% of those on placebos. They did however promise to report back to their research staff. One of the other two PWPs there, only diagnosed in FEB and mirapex is the only thing he has ever taken - reported that he has a tendency to fall asleep unexpectedly. This they acknowledged was a significant problem. , occuring in about 20% of cases. I think that was the figure. WOW! Other than that, the four of them and five of us had a pleasant evening... we told them about the list ; maybe they could do a question and answer session, Is that ethical ? Could it be construed to be advertising? Hilary Blue