Re: I need Vitamins!

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Holly wrote:

> After losing 27 pounds on an already thin frame in 5 months, I am desperate

for

vitamins.

>My doc said for me to try Ensure, but it has 6 grams of fat and it makes my

stomach

hurt.

Holly,

You might ask your doctor to consider writing you a script for Peptamen. It's a

medium

chain triglyceride supplemental product that's used in the hospitals for j-tube

feedings,

that can also be purchased through a pharmacy for home use....a dozen times

better than

Ensure, and since it's pre-digested, it's also easy on the pancreas. My doc put

me on it

two years ago when I'd lost so much weight from my CP.

It was also at this time that I started taking special vitamins and antioxidants

that were

known to help with pancreas pain. A specific combination of antioxidants,

minerals,

amino acids and vitamins that were given to chronic pancreatitis patients at

Manchester

Royal Infirmary. This particular combination and dosage was studied, and proven

to be

beneficial in the reduction of pancreas pain.

There is a pharmaceutical company in England that makes the vitamins in a

combined

form, called Antox, and I have ordered from them, but now I just purchase the

vitamins

and minerals locally at my health food store. The vitamins and minerals are:

Beta Carotene - 9,000 IU daily

Vitamin C - .54 grams daily

Vitamin E - 270 IU daily

Selenium - 600 mcg. daily

L-Methionine - 2,000 mg. daily

The brand I purchase for all my supplements is Solgar, and they are made of pure

extracts

and completely free of fillers, sugar, salt, starch, corn, yeast, wheat, soy and

dairy

products, and use no preservatives, artificial flavors or colors....so they are

about as pure

as could be, and have never caused me any difficulties. I also take additional

Vitamin B

-12, folic acid and grapeseed extract. If you have any questions about the

pancreatitis

antioxidant therapy, please let me know and I will post more information about

it.

Think good thoughts,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or opinion, and

should not

be substituted for consultation with a medical professional.