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-->>>>>>> Next Section <<<<<<< Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Stress can have an effect on many things that are processed by the stomach and intestines. Initial digestion takes place in the stomach, but nothing is absorbed there. The stomach is connected to the duodenum where secondary digestion takes place. The pylorus sphincter controls the flow between the stomach and the duodenum. It remains closed until the contents have been properly pre-digested. Stress, for some reason, causes the pylorus sphincter to remain closed for a much longer time than normal. This is why stress causes ulcers, the digestive acids are in the stomach much longer than they should be and so eventually eat away the lining. It also means that oral medication that is supposed to be absorbed into the bloodstream isn't, since the absorbtion doesn't take place until the smalll intestine is reached. In the mean-time, the stomach acid can nullify the effect of the medication. (BTW, this is also why you don't want to drink while under stress. The alcohol collects in the stomach were it is not absorbed and since there is therefor no effect the person will often keep drinking. Eventually the pylorus sphincter relaxes and all that alcohol hits the small intestine where it is rapidly absorbed. Result, the subject goes from cold sober to dead drunk in a matter of minutes.} Bruce 55/9 Sinemet CR & Pramipexole * Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement *