6 x 100/25 Madopar(same as Sinemet my neuro says) whch is made up of 100mg levodopa 25mg Benseraizade so call that 600mg levodopa daily
2 x 8 mg Ropinerole XR (dop agonist) so that is 16mg perday
So for every 1 mg of the Ropinerole XR I take nearly 40mg Levodopa
My question is what does 1 mg of Ropinerole equate to in terms of Levodopa?
This is a bit technical but if anybody has gone through this MATHS with their own balance
of Levodopa and DAs and have been advised of a way of comparing the 2 meds maybe you
could advise me.
I understand that i should prob ask my neuro but i’m not due to see him for a good while…
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