>I am going to visit Dad, my darling PWP, in Florida soon.
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>3) Dad's stomach was surgically removed over 20 years ago.
>Apparently this has happened to a lot of people. As the stomach
>is where the proteins are broken down in to amino acids, I wonder
>if the Sinemet - which is made of amino acids -- is being utilized /
>absorbed / assimilated. I have an appointment with his gastroenterologist
>to ask him this (I am taking him for a reassessment at the National
>Parkinson Foundation satellite location and asked them this question but
>they are not sure and so I have to go to another MD).
> Any insights on this one? If not, I'll wait until I speak w his MD.
Marilyn--it is my understanding that Sinemet is absorbed in the small
intestine, not the stomach.
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm
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