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A member asked:
I have pancreatic cancer and stay constipated from all the pain meds. i prescribed a liquid stool softener to take twice a day by peg tube. is better ?
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No pancreatin: proper digestion of food requires secretion of pancreatic juice which is then activated by bile. If no surgery, then ducts are blocked and pancreatin by mouth and bile juice or salts delivered by mouth will help digestion. Stool softeners like Colace also help. Newer mAbs in trial will help open ducts after targeting mutated MUC5ac.
Answered 1/19/2018
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