Pharmacotherapy of chronic pancreatitis in terms of current clinical recommendations

Abstract

The article reflects the main positions of the latest Russian and pan-European clinical recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP), devoted to the pharmacotherapy of this disease. The main objectives of pharmacotherapy for CP are to reduce or arrest pain abdominal syndrome and prevent or compensate for functional pancreatic insufficiency.

Keywords

• chronic pancreatitis
• exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
• pain relief
• substitution enzyme therapy