Pancreatitis is a very unpleasant inflammatory process in the pancreas that disrupts the entire gastrointestinal tract. Before the creation of enzyme medicines, many people died because of the fact that the iron simply could not perform its functions. However, now there is a huge number of tablets. But a literate person needs to know what is better, and also what really helps to get rid of pancreatitis once and for all!
Diet
To ensure that the tablets have at least some effectiveness, first of all it is necessary to follow a special diet. Fat products, alcohol, smoked products, fast food, and overcooked meat are excluded. It is necessary to understand that medication without dieting will not have any success. Therefore, consult a diet with your doctor.
Groups of drugs used in pancreatitis
In the medical practice of treating pancreatitis, certain groups of drugs are used. They all help to get rid of inflammation and restore the function of the pancreas. So, for the treatment of pancreatitis the following groups of medicines in the form of tablets are used:
- antispasmodics,
- pain relievers,
- H2 receptor blockers,
- antacids,
- special group of enzyme preparations for restoration and compensation of pancreatic functions.
Drinking tablets from one of the groups of these drugs will not have any effectiveness.
Spasmolytics
From the very name it is quite clear that the pills are intended to eliminate spasm. But why are they needed? Any inflammatory process causes muscles and blood vessels to spasmodic, causing circulatory disturbances, unpleasant sensations( eg, spasms), pain. Like any other organ of the abdominal cavity, the pancreas has its own capsule, which, in the inflammatory process, begins to stretch and cause severe pain. And the blame for all the muscle spasm around and blood vessels.
To reduce pain in the early stages of acute pancreatitis, it is necessary to give a person to take a pill of any antispasmodic. For example:
- No-shpa - very well relieves spasm, and also reduces pressure.
- Papaverine is an active substance of sho-shpy, but costs 3 times cheaper.
These drugs have the least side effects and contraindications to admission, so they are recognized as the best antispasmodics, which can not be said for paracetamol( despite the fact that it is an analgesic, it relieves spasm), Buscopan( the new drug, however, is inferior to papaverine and-shpe).
Group of H2 blockers of the
receptors In addition to removing the spasm in the treatment complex, pancreatitis, tablets that block H2 receptors should be included. This is necessary in order to "disconnect" the pancreas and stop the inflammation process.
The pathogenesis of pancreatitis is that enzymes synthesized by the gland begin to digest it, thereby causing necrosis. For the isolation of enzymes are responsible for H2 receptors, so it is necessary to stop their work, which as a result will reduce the process of inflammation. To the group of blockers are:
- famotidine,
- ranitidine.
These two drugs are available in the form of tablets and solutions, but it is preferable to take in the form of tablets. They not only block the synthesis of pancreatic enzymes during pancreatitis, but also are used to treat gastritis, since such receptors are located in the stomach, but are responsible for the production of perchloric acid. Thus, you can kill "two birds with one stone" at the same time, insuring yourself against gastritis, to which pancreatitis can lead. Ranitidine has been used in medical practice since the times of the USSR and has not lost its effectiveness so far, and all other drugs in the form of tablets for blockade of receptors are based on the active substance ranitidine( ranitidine hydrochloride).
Antacids
Pancreatitis has its own cause, because nothing just happens and does not happen. If a person touched a bit during a holiday or ate a lot of fatty foods, then in order to clear a little intestine, you need to take antacids. These drugs are available in liquid form. They have the property of adsorbents, and also protect the intestinal mucosa and stomach in the future. The best preparations of this group are
- Almagel,
- phosphalugel.
They are time-tested and have not lost their quality. The difference between these two drugs is only in price, but they have the same quality.
Enzyme preparations for the treatment of pancreatitis
It is known that the pancreas is the main organ that provides the cleavage of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and the body without its enzymes simply can not digest and split food. Therefore, enzymes form the basis of treatment of pancreatitis. They are released only in the form of tablets. Known drugs are:
- festal,
- mezim,
- enzyme forte,
- Creon 8000,
- pancreatin.
All these drugs have the same therapeutic properties and nothing much different, except that contraindications and side effects, as well as price. Doctors recommend using festal, or pancreatin, because the drugs have a low price, compared with the mezim or creon, and the effectiveness in treatment is not inferior to other enzymatic tablets.
The use of all these medications in the complex will help stop the development of pancreatitis and support the pancreas under special loads.
