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New to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI): What helps?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Mar 23 3:39pm | Replies (112)
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Are you taking a pancrealipase like Creon, Zenpep, Pancreaze or others for the EPI? If so, are you finding it has helped in normalizing your GI tract functioning or are you having issues with diarrhea and characteristics of the stool that are associated with EPI?

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7judy2 | @7judy2 | Dec 24, 2022

I was taking over the counter pancreatic enzymes made from porcine but they stopped working so i asked for a prescription. The prescription is for Zenpep and a very low dosage compared to my over the counter. The prescription has been tripled but im still having problems. I just requested another increase in strength. The difference now is that the diarrhea happens after I eat and might only last a day or two and then I have one to 3 days without diarrhea before the process repeats. Stool is consistent with EPI description (sticking to toilet, greasy).

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