Generic Enzymes to Shelia

[Guest guest]

Shelia wrote:

> I was having trouble affording the enzymes also until I did some

research and found out that you can get them in a generic form also.<

Shelia,

I'm one of those people who really believe that the enzymes make a big

difference, especially for me now that my pancreas has burned out. I

HAVE to have those enzymes or nothing will absorb or digest as it should.

I'm interested in your comment that you found them in a generic

version. Which brand name, like Creon, Ultrase, Viokase or Lipram,

were you originally prescribed? Were they non-enteric or enteric

coated, and do the generic kind resemble the originals? I'm very

interested in learning more about this, so any details would be great.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html

Bluffton, SC

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should

not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

was originally prescribed the creon 20,000 take 4 at meals and 2 at

snacks, and then the regulan was prescribed to be taken before meals so

I take them at the same time.

I set the pills up in a small ziplock bag to take with me so I don't

have a bottle handy here at work but it seems like the generic name is

lipram, I think. I will check when I get back home and let you know

for sure. Insofar as eneteric coated I don't know if either or both are

coated?

I also have to take the enzymes to be at all comfortable and find I can

even eat a small amount of sweet for dessert as long as I take them and

not have too much pain. So I try to satisfy my sweet tooth after meals

now instead of snacking later and I think I eat less sweets this way

anyway.

My blood sugar levels are high normal for now and I check them pretty

often but I still have pain with sweets?

I am not sure if the generic medicine is quite as good as the original

but at the time I was on medical leave and simply couldn't afford to

take the namebrand. It was either take the generic or nothing and I

couldn't stand nothing. I haven't switched off of the generic now that

I am back at work because they seem to be working OK for me right now.

I am in one of those " honeymoon " periods without lots of pain so I

don't want to change anything for fear of changing my pain level.

I hope I have answered some of your questions,

And I especially hope you are having a good day,

Shelia

[Guest guest]

Shelia,

Lipram are enteric coated. When I was prescribed Ultrase-16's, which

are very similar to Creon, I occasionally substituted with Lipram's

when our pharmacy was short of the brands. They worked just fine for

me, and you shouldn't have any problems with them, either. All of

those enzymes are enteric coated, which means that you don't need to

take an antiacid prior to using them, like you do with a brand like

Viokase, which is what I use now.

I've known about Lipram for a long time. When you mentioned a generic

I was hoping, perhaps, that there was something new on the market that

I hadn't heard of before. Thanks for your help.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html

Bluffton, SC

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should

not be substituted for professional medical consultation.