Creon

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Hi,

A long time ago, a FEAT listmate wrote about Creon prescription digestive

enzyme. A physician has to prescribe this. I started my

daughter on it and it really helped to form and darken her stools.

Apparently it's helped her digestion, because it also appeared to

raise her cholesterol, which was too low, and improve her acid/alkaline

balance (via blood work). It also got her to eat much more protein and more

variety in her foods. We open the capsule and mix with pear baby food to

administer. The problem: It's expensive if you don't have insurance.

Fortunately we do, and for us Creon is less expensive than the health food

store pancreatin I was using. A listmate once tried using Ultrase, a

prescription enzyme, but found that it has an artificial preservative called

silicone dioxide that bothered her son, so I have stuck with Creon.

K.

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(From an old FEAT post:) " Dear Listmates,

I have noticed that many are asking about digestive enzymes. My 3yr old son

has Autism, malabsorption/nutrition problems, used to

have diarrhea and had fallen off the typical child growth chart for weight

and height. We have had great success using Creon 10

digestive enzymes from Solvay Pharmaceutical company. (Now I apologize if I

sound like an advertisement.) Creon 10 capsules are

orally administered and contain delayed-released MINIMICROSPHERES of

pancrelipase, which is of porcine pancreatic origin. Each

CREON 10 Capsule contains lipase 10,000 USP Units, protease 37,500 USP Units

and amylase 33,200 USP Units. The pancreatic enzymes in CREON 10 Capsules

are enteric-coated to resist gastric destruction or inactivation. The

pancreatic enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of fats to glycerol and fatty

acids, protein into proteoses and derived substances and starch into

dextrins and short chain sugars.

We started to give our son CREON 10 July 98. Our son's diarrhea problems

improved. In Sept 98 our son received an infusion of

Ferring-Secretin. More improvement. Definite cognitive leap, definite

social leap. The unusual part of our story is that our son

never had any regression after the Secretin infusion. I hear from many

families telling that Secretin leaps were followed by

regression. Maybe the digestive enzymes are helping the kids keep the

secretin hormone flowing.

We would love to hear from others who have had success with Creon digestive

enzyme. It does require a prescription. I do feel that

pediatricians may try a very conservative dose when a child has

diarrhea/malabsorption problems.

Creon 10 has had widespread use in children with Cystic Fibrosis. (My

brother has Cystic Fibrosis and has used a variety of

digestive enzymes successfullly for over 30 years.) If your physician would

like to read about CREON and its safety, seek the top

experts and their report from 1995:

Drucy S. Borowitz M.D. Buffalo Children's Hospital

J. Grand M.D. Tufts Gastroenterology

R. Drurie M.D. Toronto Pediatric Gastroenterology "

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And from a Feb. 2000 GFCFKids post...

Regarding Creon, Dr. Cade and the folks in Florida have been monitoring

children who have been unable to go on a GFCF diet and have

been using Creon instead. They said that Creon seems to be very effective

in breaking down the exorphins produced by the incomplete

breakdown of gluten and caseine. They are pretty adamant, however, in their

position that it is far better to go on a GFCF diet than

to rely on Creon. http://www.autism-diet.com/

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Here is a link to medical info about Creon:

http://www.rxmed.com/monographs/creon.html and

http://www.rxmed.com/monographs2/ultramop.html

> Hi -no he refused the creon after looking it up

> saying he couldn't find enough evidence to support

> that it was safe to use with children, so unless you

> all wanna write a zillion testimonials saying how long

> you have been using it and the side effects you seen/

> sucess I guess I am stuck...