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Dear Charles, I noted you were on ropinerole which I understand will not be marketed here.(Australia) I am at present titrating Mirapex which is just becoming available here. It appears the latest edition of Brain has confirmed that chronic stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and levodopa produce dystonia. Something I was pretty well was aware of through personal experience and my visit to Professors Benabid and Pollack. I have not been able to try and get rid of my Levodopa as none of the ergot agonists worked for me. If its not an imposition could you tell me how long was your titration period and if you were on ropinirole before your DBS. I am currently working my way up by increasing my Mirapex by 0.25, 3 times a day every five days and yesterday (Sunday) I actually had no levodopa on a dose of 3/4 of a milligram of Mirapex three times a day. As I'm working and driving today I had to take a very minimal dose of levodopa this morning The results so far are stunning and certainly compliment the DBS surgery. At last. Kind regards Peter Dawkins