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Treatment involves an operation to make a small opening in the abdomen so that a tube can be passed into the bowel. The tube is then connected to a portable pump that is worn during the day and feeds levodopa/carbidopa directly into the bowel. This means that the medication bypasses the stomach, where most of the levodopa absorption problems occur, and therefore has a better chance of controlling symptoms. The pump is disconnected at bedtime but tablets are available to manage troublesome night-time symptoms if needed.

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