Pancrelipase for Cystic Fibrosis User Reviews
Brand names: Creon, Zenpep, Pancreaze, Pertzye, Viokace
Pancrelipase has an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 from a total of 8 reviews for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. 75% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 13% reported a negative experience.
- adlis...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- June 7, 2012
Creon (pancrelipase) "Out of all the synthetic pancreatic enzymes I have taken Creon20 is the most helpful so far but I find its best just to not eat fat. Also a normal person needs only 30 calories of fat a day so if you have cystic fibrosis keep this in mind. "
- mammers
- April 14, 2008
Creon (pancrelipase) "Creon has helped my little three year old cousin. She was born with cystic fibrosis and she doesn't understand what it can and what it is doing to her! She is a heathy little girl that is going to survive this birth defect!"
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- Lea
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 4, 2021
Creon (pancrelipase) "Was given this med due to chronic diarrhea PCP wanted to see if would help with it. The same night I took it, I started having horrible mid to upper back pain then pain along the left side that went into the abdomen. I went to ER and told them about meds and they ran test and was unsure. I got labs b4 I left showed infection in blood so now being treated for this rare infection with high dose antibiotics . Make sure to get labs for this since virus can be over looked if there not familiar with Creon"
- Crunchy
- Taken for 10 years or more
- August 28, 2020
Zenpep (pancrelipase) "I've taken Zenpep for most of my life. I take 5 caps with meals and snacks because I have fat in every meal. It works great and the only time I've had an issue is if I had an extra fatty meal and didn't take an additional capsule. I recommend Zenpep to anyone with CF."
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- DPerr...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- December 9, 2020
Pancrease MT 16 (pancrelipase) "I have Cystic Fibrosis and turned 60 a few months back. I have survived a double lung transplant, a kidney transplant, a number of bowel obstruction surgeries, a hematoma and heart surgery for my lung adhering to heart. I been taking pancreas for as long as I can remember. I have not had a bowel obstruction surgery since I’ve had my lung transplant in 2010. However, how well can pancreas be working for me, considering I had so many obstructions? Maybe it is time that I try one of the other enzymes like Creon or ZenPep. Has anyone tried the 3 at different periods of their life and pick one that worked the best out of the 3?"
- Anonymous
- October 9, 2010
Creon (pancrelipase) "I've used Creon all my life (I'm 28), and changed to Creon 25,000 about 10 years ago which meant I didn't need to take as many tablets for my Cystic fibrosis."
- Anonymous
- September 6, 2010
Pancrecarb MS-16 (pancrelipase) "Pancrecarb is the most effective enzyme on the market. PLEASE FDA approve this product, it works."
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Creon (pancrelipase) "I'm a 42 year old male with cystic fibrosis. Survived until 38 with no medication but constant diarrhea. Could not tolerate fatty foods or alcohol - made me very nauseous and big weight swings. Creon has stopped all this completely and life is much happier and healthier. The little Creon carry pack makes taking creon 25,000 with meal easy. Very happy."