Patient discussions
Before discharge from hospital after an attack of acute pancreatitis, patients should be advised to modify lifestyle risk factors. For example, patients with excessive alcohol intake need to stop drinking, especially bingeing behaviour, modify diet in order to control hypertriglyceridaemia, and use lipid-lowering medicines such as statins or niacin. Patients taking medicines that can cause pancreatitis (e.g., azathioprine, mercaptopurine) should be educated about the adverse effects and how to recognise an acute attack of pancreatitis.[13]
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