My pancreatitis remedies (I personally use what I'll share with you) may prove helpful in your journey to overcome pancreatitis because in 1979 I was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. I also know that you are probably still suffering if you haven't discovered the pancreatitis remedies that I was able to find. So ...
I KNOW the suffering you are experiencing with acute and chronic pancreatitis because I have experienced similar agony which enables me to have a pretty good idea of what your suffering may be like as well. I also understand your need for pancreatitis remedies, simple remedies for pancreatitis you can do at home and which seem to work, at least they have worked for me and will hopefully work for you too.
It took awhile to find a doctor that even knew anything about pancreattits but, after 7 ER visits and consulting 6 other doctors of various experience and specialties (GP, IM, GI)I finally achieved success with doctor #14 who gave me a firm diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.
After diagnosis I was given medications to slow digestion (robinul), relieve nausea (compazine) and to help with pain (demerol). I found through experience that demerol did absolutely nothing to help with the pain of an Acute Pancreatitis episode, at least it didn't do squat for me.
I stumbled upon Ibuprofen one night while in a painful acute pancreatitis attack.
How Ibuprofen releived the pain
Since demerol didn't do anything to help and Ibuprofen stopped the pain I told Dr. Langdon and he gave me a script for 800 mg tablets of Ibuprofen.
Unfortunately nothing was stopping the Acute Pancreatitis episodes from occurring. I had quit drinking alcohol (no I wasn't an alcoholic, I simply drank socially) but that wasn't enough. That simply eliminated ONE trigger and ...
I continued to have some extremely painful Acute Pancreatitis episodes and since being diagnosed Dr. Langdon had left to teach at a major Texas University and so I was left to the incompetence I had delt with previously via other doctors who couldn't even recognize and diagionose Pancreatitis let alone treat it so I was on my own.
I developed a lump just below my rib cage and my abdomen was extremely tender but I can't tell you with any certainty what that lump was because I never bothered to have it checked out. I should have, I imagine that may have been enough of a clue for an ER doctor to maybe order a CT scan to find out what it was but I had been subjected to such piss poor treatment previously that I didn't bother. I had Ibuprofen, which relieved the pain, actually it eliminated the pain of the acute attacks in about 60 minutes so I just didn't want to be bothered by those who didn't have a clue.
Dr. Langdon had told me, in a round-about way that I may be dead inside of 10 years and quite frankly with as many Acute Pancreatitis episodes I was enduring I thought he may have been generous in his time frame. The point is I didn't particularly want to die so I went in search of a way to stop the attacks and save my damn life. Below you'll find
5 Pancreatitis Remedies I use to stay pain free.
Pancreatitis Remedies
1) Ibuprofen and Aspirin. The first of the pancreatitis remedies I discovered was Ibuprofen and it was by accident during a painful acute attack. Of course the reason why Ibuprofen worked became clear once I found out from Dr. Langdon that it was an anti-inflammatory (pancreatitis is an inflamation of the pancreas). He gave me a script for prescription strength 800 mg tabs but it can be purchased over the counter in 200 mg tabs and is not addictive like morphine etc ...
Over the years I have discovered that 1300 mgs of aspirin (4 tabs) works as well as Ibuprofen and doesn't carry the risk of heart attack. However, aspirin does carry the risk of acidosis in those who are susceptible. I have also tried them in combinations such as 400 mgs of Ibuprofen and 650 mgs of aspirin. That worked too and the aspirin may help to reduce the risk of heart attack that NSAID's such as Ibuprofen carry. Both work to quickly eliminate the inflammation which inturn eliminates the pain so you may want to try them for yourself to see if they work for you.
Please note that the dosages I personally use for both Ibuprofen and aspirin are quite high. You should ask your doctor or pharmacyst if they think it is safe for you, with regard to your weight (weight has to do with possible toxicity), health and current medications (ask about adverse reactions or potential interactions), to take those amounts and if they will cause any adverse reactions with other meds you might be taking.
One other thing - I only consume Ibuprofen and aspirin in those amounts to stop acute pancreatitis. I do not take either one on a daily basis.
2)
Pancreatitis Diet. The next of the pancreatitis remedies I found (through research) was to eliminate the fat from my diet. Dr. Langdon had already told me to eliminate alcohol which was no big deal to me because I only had wine with dinner on ocassion and drank beer when shooting pool or on a hot summer day. I wasn't an alcoholic, that wasn't or isn't the reason I have Pancreatitis. Anyway ...
Fat is the enemy. Eliminate fat (red meat, pork, lamb, duck and anything made with those meats including soups and broths, anything greasy such as deep fat fried foods, potato chips and anything else that has a high fat content, cooking and salad oil) from your diet and you should see some relief from pain and nausea.
What you have to clearly understand is that food is NOT your friend when you have Chronic Pancreatitis. This is a very important lesson to learn: If your pancreas is inflamed, you have pain - DO NOT eat. If you have nausea DO NOT eat.
Those two symptoms are HUGE signals that Pancreatitis victims need to heed. Nausea and pain signal that your pancreas ain't happy. IF you continue to piss it off you are going to pay so - get smart - Do NOT eat when you have nausea, pain or both and eliminate what I call "
triggers" from your diet.
3) Grapefruit Juice. Ok, began drinking grapefruit juice by total accident, maybe Divine Intervention because I have had so many Acute Pancreatitis episodes that Dr. Langdon had already told me I should be dead and then continued to have some real bad ones after his diagnosis but those AP episodes STOPPED after I started drinking grapefruit juice.
I didn't match the grapefruit juice consumption to the elimination of my AP episodes until a shortime ago when I found research that suggests it was the grapefruit juice that stopped the AP and protected my pancreas from further damage.
It turns out that grapefruit juice contains polyphenol flavonoids that may be responsible for its healing capability. Anyway, I started drinking large amounts of grapefruit juice and my AP episodes simply stopped. Then I discovered another of my pancreatitis remedies.
4) Grape Seed Extract. I discovered grapeseed extract in 1994. In fact that is when I learned about OPC's (Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins). OPC's are found in many fruits and vegetables but are found in extremely rich quantities in grape seed extract. The seeds from red grapes are full of OPC's so wine is a great source but if you have Pancreatitis alcohol is not your friend so the next viable option is grape juice or in order to obtain the amounts needed to see the benefits I now experience
grape seed extract is the source of choice. Grape seed extract is also non-toxic.
5) Curcumin. The next of my pancreatitis remedies I discovered was curcumin. Curcumin is the most prevelant curcuminoid found in the spice turmeric. Curcumin is also a very strong, natural anti-inflammatory with capabilities of relieving pain and inflammation running close to NSAIDs such as Ibuprofen.
Curcumin like grape seed extract is non-toxic.
I also use pancreatic enzymes to help with digestion. I do NOT use prescription type enzymes because I hate prescription drugs. They have far more side effects, some lethal (depending upon the drug) and quite frankly I have found that natural, non-toxic supplements work better and are safer. In fact, approximately 100,000 people die each year from the toxic side effects of prescription drugs but in contrast very few people even suffer side effects from natural supplements let alone die from them. However ...
When first beginning to use
grape seed extract and curcumin for pancreatitis you may experience flu like symptoms (headache, diarrhea, nausea and in bad cases vomiting) caused from "cleansing." If your body is extremely toxic due to your lifestyle (you eat junk food, smoke, drink, don't exercise, do not use antioxidants) the side effects you may experience are due to kidney and liver overload, the grape seed and curcumin cleansing those toxins from your body and ...
The more toxic your body is, the more unpleasant your experience may be. For this reason it may be beneficial to start out slowly with 50-100mgs of grape seed and 400 - 500mgs of curcumin per day and increase it weekly until you notice relief from pain and other symptoms.
Because Pancreatitis causes malabsorption (your intestines may not absorb the necessary nutrients your body requires) and due to the elimination of a lot of foods from a diet for pancreatitis it is also necessary to take a
QUALITY vitamin-mineral supplement.
Well, there you go, you now have the 5 Pancreatitis remedies I use to stay pain free and be able to function almost as well as I did before I became real sick. If they help you please let me know. If you have questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to help.
If you suffer from Pancreatitis, I hope today you have a pain free day.
