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If 95%of the body's serotonin is produced in the gut then do gut perturbations eg bleeding or inf influence circulating serotonin levels?

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Possible.: But don't believe they would be altered enough to be clinically important. Free serotonin levels are very low.

Answered 4/16/2013

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A member asked:

If 95%of the body's serotonin is produced in the gut then do gut perturbations eg bleeding or inf influence circulating serotonin levels?

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Dr. Dan Fisher answered

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