Cutting edge pancreatitis diet?

[Guest guest]

I asked Fred's gastro if her treatment plan for his pancreatitis

was " cutting edge, " as I'd never read any research about

treating patients with 8 -10 cans of Peptinex (what they tube-

feed people with) every day for a week or two.

She said " nope, not cutting edge, " and reiterated hospital policy of

NOT admitting patients with pancreatitis - I assume due to high

rate of alcoholics who have the disease, taxing the system.

I overnighted the vanilla flavor from WalMart online. Dr. said it

would cost $1,000 a week, and insurance would probably not pay for

it. With the $80 shipping fee it came to $240 for three days supply.

So it would actually work out to about $349 for a week's supply.

She also said the fact that he developed pancreatitis was highly

unusual. Fred and I both chimed in that lots of people with PSC get

pancreatitis. That was news to her.

So looks like we'll be going to the Mayo Clinic in ville if

he needs an ERCP. Fred and I both researched Atlanta drs, and

neither he nor I feel comfortable with anyone in this area dealing

with this!

Was wondering if anyone has ever heard of actually drinking Peptonix

as treatment? Dr. said it bypasses the small intestine (?) and

is easy on the pancreas.

Wife of Fred/Pred, PSC 03/04, UC 03/06, Gastritis 10/07, Acute

Pancreatitis, 10/07

[Guest guest]

Dear ;

I have absolutely no experience on what nutrition is appropriate for

acute pancreatitis of different severity, but here's a couple of

papers that I think would be very relevant:

Krenitsky J, Makola D, Parrish CR (2007) Parenteral Nutrition in

Pancreatitis is Passé: But Are We Ready for Gastric Feeding? A

Critical Evaluation of the Literature - Part I. NUTRITION ISSUES IN

GASTROENTEROLOGY, SERIES #54, PRACTICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, SEPTEMBER

2007, p 92-112.

Krenitsky J, Makola D, Parrish CR (2007) Parenteral Nutrition in

Pancreatitis is Passé: But Are We Ready for Gastric Feeding? A

Practical Guide to Jejunal Feeding: Revenge of the Cyst - Part II.

NUTRITION ISSUES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, SERIES #55, PRACTICAL

GASTROENTEROLOGY, OCTOBER 2007, p. 54-72.

I will post these in the files folder shortly, and they'll be called

" KrenitskyJ2007a.pdf " and " KrenitskyJ2007b.pdf " , respectively.

Best regards,

Dave

(father of (23); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)