Drugs for treating chronic pancreatitis include, oral pancreatic enzyme preparations, octreotide, pethidine, acid suppressants and others.
1. Oral pancreatic enzyme preparations: such as Mitochondrial Pancreatic Enzyme Tablets, etc., can relieve the symptoms of poor digestion and absorption caused by exocrine insufficiency due to chronic pancreatitis.
2. Oxytetracycline: it is a growth inhibitor analog, which can relieve pain when taken orally, and can inhibit the secretion of pancreatic secretin and cholecystokinin.
3. Pethidine: most patients can get significant pain relief after using octreotide, for those with severe abdominal pain, pethidine can be used for pain relief.
4. Acid inhibitors: such as omeprazole capsules, pantoprazole enteric-coated tablets can inhibit gastric acid secretion, reduce the amount of pancreatic fluid, and alleviate the high pressure in the pancreatic duct.
5. Others: insulin can be used in patients with combined diabetes mellitus, and prednisone can be used to treat patients with autoimmune pancreatitis.
Therefore, there are more drugs for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, and patients should use drugs under the guidance of specialists, avoiding blindly using drugs on their own, so as not to cause discomfort.