When a young person has a dual diagnosis of chemical dependency and a. bipolar disorder, most doctors choose to treat both conditions at once. This can be difficult unless the patient is in a hospital or other. residential situation, where presumably he will not have access to drugs or. alcohol. Doctors must also be careful about possible conflicts between. medications for bipolar symptoms and medications used for other. purposes.
3 to 3 hrs in stomach. 6 to 8 hrs for digestion. it stays in the stomach for 2 hours and then in the intestine for another 2 hours. the undigested food goes to the large intestine and the digested food goes to whole body through blood. Carbhydrates and proteins about 1 1/2 -2 hrs. Fats 2 hrs.
A: Gastroparesis is the term used for sluggish emptying of food from the stomach into the small intestine. Normally, your stomach moves about half of an average meal into the small intestine within two hours after you eat, and about 90 percent within four hours. If you have gastroparesis, food stays in the stomach much longer. Nausea and upper abdominal pain are common symptoms. It may become difficult to keep a full meal down. People with serious cases may eat so little they become dangerously thin and malnourished.