Pancreatitis Pain: The 4 Steps You Need to Take Immediately

Pancreatitis pain should be a HUGE signal for those of you who suffer from pancreatitis. When you feel the first symptoms of an attack of acute pancreatitis there are 4 steps you should to take immediately.

The reason these 4 steps are critically important is: You need to save your pancreas from further damage as quickly as possible. Remember I am NOT a doctor and I can NOT legally prescribe (tell YOU what to take or how much) a course of action but ...

Here's what I do:

1) I take a large dose of an anti-inflammatory medicine. Ibuprofen (advil, motrin) or I now prefer aspirin (1300mgs). The reason I prefer aspirin is it is less dangerous (doesn't cause heart attack like other NSAID's) and it thins the blood platelets so that there is less risk of a blood clot should I experience an arrhythmia (rapid heart rate) which is a symptom of acute pancreatitis.

2) I take 100 - 200 mgs of grape seed extract

3) I take 500 mgs of curcumin

My symptoms usually resolve within 90 minutes using this regemin however ...

4) If my symptoms do NOT resolve within 90 minutes I get my ass into the hospital but before I leave I take another 650mgs of aspirin, 100mgs more grape seed extract and another 500mgs of curcumin.

I either go by ambulance (preferred) in which case I'll tell the EMT's how much of the meds I have taken or have someone else drive me cuz it is difficult to drive while in massive pain, vomiting or both.

If someone drives I make sure when I arrive at the hospital that I tell the ER doc exactly how much aspirin, grapeseed and curcumin I have taken.

(I have NOT been to the ER in 16 years since I began using my regemin.)

Like I said, the first 3 steps of my regemin usually stop an attack within 90 minutes and that's my goal. To neutralize the inflammation and STOP the attack in 90 minutes or less and avoid further damage to my pancreas.

The longer the attack lasts the more chance of irreparable damge.

Some of you may be thinking: "that's a lot of aspirin, grape seed extract and curcumin. What if I start to bleed because of the aspirin?

Or

"Will that much aspirin kill me?"

No that much aspirin won't kill you.

I have already asked my doctor what the LD50 is for aspirin and then I looked it up myself to be sure.

The only valid threat I can see would be if - due to your pancreatitis attack you begin to bleed internally. That is why I am going to tell the ER doc how much of each med I took so that they can be aware of any potential risks if I do begin to bleed.

So I write down exactly how much of each med I have taken so that in the event I need to transport my ass to the hospital I can give it to the EMT's or my driver so they have the information up front should I go into shock. By the way if you didn't know, you can go into shock during an acute pancreatitis attack.

That is another reason to stop the attack of pancreatitis as soon as possible because you can die from shock.

Just a last note:

I have taken up to 2600mgs of asprin (that's a lot at one time), 800mgs of grapeseed and 1000mgs of curcumin within an hour or less along with 40mgs of compazine (to get the nausea and vomiting under control), and 50mgs of phenergan suppositories (nausea med). I've taken all of those meds in those dosages together (or very close together) and I ain't dead yet but who knows what could happen? However, time is of the essence and I do what ever it takes to get the attack resolved.

I think and dose myself this way because if I don't get resolution the damage may turn into necrosis, pseudocysts, hemorrhage, shock, organ failure and death (in which case the dosage risks won't matter much anyway).

Be advised 40mgs (4 tabs) of compazine is 4 times the dosage on my bottle and I will not advise someone to do that however, compazine is an anti-psychotic (used to control nausea and vomiting in chemo patients), normal dosage is 10mgs but used as an anti-psychotic dosages can range up to 100mgs - so it most likely won't kill me but high doses can negate the anti-nausea effects and actually cause nausea and vomiting along with permanent muscle spasms so it isn't wise to use it often and the normal dose of phenergan is 25mgs (one suppository). But I hate to puke and if you are puking it is difficult to get the aspirin, grapeseed and curcumin to stay down so it can work.

Life is full of choices and the choices we make determine our destiny. The choices we make when suffering an episode of Acute Pancreatitis can mean the difference between life and death.


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