What is the medicine ZENPEP used for?

ZENPEP is a prescription medicine for people who cannot digest food normally because their pancreas does not make enough enzymes. ZENPEP may help your body use fats, proteins and sugars from food. ZENPEP contains a mixture of digestive enzymes including lipases, proteases, and amylases from pig pancreas.

What is the medication Creon for?

It is used in conditions where the pancreas cannot make or does not release enough digestive enzymes into the small intestines to digest the food (conditions such as chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, cancer of the pancreas, post-pancreatectomy, post-gastrointestinal bypass surgery).

What is the generic name for ZENPEP?

ZENPEP® (pancrelipase) is indicated for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to cystic fibrosis or other conditions.

What is the drug pancrelipase used for?

Pancrelipase is used to help improve food digestion in certain conditions (eg, cystic fibrosis, pancreatitis) where the pancreas is not working properly. Pancrelipase contains the enzymes (including lipases, proteases, and amylases) needed for the digestion of proteins, starches, and fats.

Is ZENPEP safe to take?

ZENPEP may cause serious side effects, including worsening of swollen, painful joints (gout) caused by an increase in blood uric acid levels and allergic reactions including trouble with breathing, skin rashes, or swollen lips. Call your doctor right away if you have any of these symptoms.

How fast does ZENPEP work?

As early as 15 minutes after ingestion, ZENPEP delivers lipase straight to the site of fat absorption during meals, with statistical significance seen at 30 minutes2* *When compared with duodenal lipase release without ZENPEP.

Will CREON help me lose weight?

Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (such as Creon®) replaces the enzymes that your pancreas would normally make. If you have pancreatic cancer, pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy can help you digest your food. This can help with symptoms such as weight loss, runny poo (diarrhoea) or losing your appetite.

Does CREON help with pain?

For example, pain can be caused by chronic pancreatitis*. And Creon is used in people with chronic pancreatitis.

Which is better CREON or ZENPEP?

Overall, Zenpep demonstrated efficacy comparable with Kreon. Specifically, Zenpep demonstrated both non-inferiority and equivalence to Kreon in terms of control of dietary fat absorption (assessed as CFA-72 h).

What happens if you take ZENPEP and you don’t need it?

What happens if I take too many pancreatic enzymes? Any pancreatic enzymes that your body doesn’t need will pass through you. If you take one or two more capsules than you need, this won’t be a problem. If you take lots more than you need it may cause some itching around your anus (bottom).

When should pancrelipase be taken?

It is taken with plenty of water with every meal or snack, usually 5 to 6 times per day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take pancrelipase exactly as directed.