Hi. I believe that it's fairly common for patients to be prescribed enzyme replacement medicine to help their body absorb fats post the op. There are previous posts relating to Creon on the site. Some people seem to use them for a short time as I did and others stay on them longer. Depends if your body adjusts easily to the new situation or not. Hope this helps.
This gives us hope, hubby has been struggling to put on any weight and is now 2 years post op. The dieticians don't seem to have helped us very much so armed with this information our next meeting with them may help moving forward. At the moment he is so thin and always feeling cold and tired. So fingers crossed for the future.
There is ( or at least was) a countrywide shortage of Creon. Nutrizyme 22 is the alternative that was available to the pharmacists. I don't know what the current situation is.
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