Re: Info on Lipram (Creon)?

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I've been offline for a couple days and don't know what other responses

you've received to this question, but I would like to throw my two cents in.

I've

tried several different pancreatic enzymes in the last three years, Lipram,

Ultrase, Creon and now Viokase, and have found them ALL helpful. Some

are better at relieving the after meal pain than others, yet all of them have

been effective in helping with better absorption and digestion, and with the

correct amount of lipase, all have kept me from having problems with

steatorrhea.

I've found research that says that there should be a minimum of 30,000 units

of lipase to be effective, so it's necessary to take enough of the enzymes to

equal that amount. Now that I've been using them for several months, I've

found that Viokase have done a better job of minimizing the pain than Lipram

did. I took the Lipram and Ultrase for two and a half years (those are the

enteric coated enzymes), before my GI switched me to Viokase. He felt these

would help more with the pain afterward, and they do. The difference with

the Viokase, over the enteric coated enzymes, is that you have to take an

antiacid beforehand. In my case I'm taking a proton pump inhibitor called

Protenix, twice a day, and this works very well. I rarely have any after-meal

discomfort anymore.

I hope this information has been helpful.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All information or advice is personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.