May 27 2014.After a week in hospital with acute pancreatitis (11 visits in 2013) the attending doctor suggested that we try treating the attacks at home using hydromorphone IR, rather going to emergency and then being admitted.Our pharmacist has advised us that this drug is no longer produced; is this correct? Alan Cullum
Hello! Thanks for putting your query in Chat Doctor. I am a Gastroenterologist. HY Chat Doctor. Recurrent acute pancreatitis has many causes like alcohol intake, gallstone, abnormality in pancreatic duct. So first these causes should be ruled out. If you take alcohol then stop it, gallbladder surgery if there is gallstone etc. Even if no cause is found as it may be possible in around 30% of the acute pancreatitis then pain can be controlled in most patients with tramadol and paracetamol only. I don't think there is any need of HY