Gastro doc just told me my pancreas is not working correctly. I did have a very serious bout of pancreatitis that I was in the hospital for almost 3 years ago....but now it seems my pancreas is not producing the enzymes it needs to. Sorry to be gross- but have "fecal fat" aka malabsorption. Wants me to start a prescription called "Zenpep". It is Lipase, Amylase and Protease. Anyone heard of it?????
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
That should help... enzymes in general should help.
You may also want to try a gluten free diet if you haven't already.
Hope you feel better soon!!
Posted by burnsjw (Member # 11819) on :
I had pancreas problems. Increased enzymes and increased liver enzymes with it. I have had low enzymes too. I do know a couple people who take pancreas enzymes. I don't remember my dr. being too upset about my enzymes being low, just the high numbers bothered him. Maybe my enzymes were not that low.
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
i had problems too. couldn't even eat. took awhile on total low fat diet with enzymes. had to be checked every month.
was better in treatment but it took a while.
Posted by Pushingthru (Member # 28734) on :
I took Zenpep for 3 months and felt like it worked well.