Re: Xanax- Jerry - Please read

January 13, 2005

Hi Jerry! I am glad to see someone finally responded to my

curiousity towards this! I have been doing a study on CCK

specifically CCK antagonist because I had found a clinical trial of

a CCK drug called Loxiglumide tested over in Japan for 1 year.

These symptoms decreased by 1/2 in these patients. The drug is

still not available in the US, even though they did do some studies

and clinical trial towards it for a period of time. My assumption

is they ran out of funding, but it states they didn't see enough

relief from patients. They weren't testing it for pancreatitis in

the US. It was tested for IBS and other GI disorders of the like.

Why it would work for the pancreas, but not the other, I don't

understand. However there have been several other tests done in

other countries about this, that as I said earlier, it may have had

something to do with funding and not at all to do with whether it

helps symptoms for IBS and the like. I did include several links

in my first post, but if you would like them again, I will post

specifically to you or you can do a search on the digest for CCK.

As Chrissy mentioned about the relaxation of the smooth muscles, but

this link goes into way more detail (explained in very laymans

terms) how our body naturally has a hormone CCK that does this for

us, if the digestive system is properly functioning. Because of the

response I have received thus far on each digest, I made a call into

the foundations with pancreatitic studies in order to hopefullly get

the ball rolling towards some studies towards or make known to docs

that Xanax or other CCK antagonists may be a light at the end of the

tunnel for some of us! Any questions or ideas, please make

reference in the subject line to me- ANGELA- as I am still doing a

great deal of research into this, and don't always get to every post

unless it has a flag of some interest to me. There's just not

enough time in the day! Thanks again for giving me hope into this

and being forward about you thoughts!

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> My statements here do not constitute an endorsement of Xanax for

anyone else's treatment. Please consult your physician before

undertaking any drug-based treatment program for pancreatitis.

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