If someone already has a PEG in place, there are several reasons to start using it while still able to eat.

- able to start with small amounts of formula, allowing the GI system to adjust gradually.
- trying out several different formulas, if necessary. Sometimes one is tolerated better than another. Often the RO office will give you one or two samples to try.
- allows adjustment time to actual mechanics of doing the feedings.

Having this all figured out before the patient is completely tube dependent (if that happens) is the advantage. Lottie