A 59-year-old member asked:
how long do patients with gastroparesis stay on medication?
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Dr. Luis Villaplana answered
34 years experience Internal Medicine
Long: Mind you the cause matters when answering this question, gastroparesis is usually long term therapy illness, most times lifelong.
Answered on Nov 21, 2014
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