For a patient with acute pancreatitis who is on GLP-1 medication, would you attribute the pancreatitis to a passed stone/sludge or the GLP-1 medication itself?
Would you avoid GLP-1 medications? Other common causes of pancreatitis were ruled out.
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For a patient with acute pancreatitis who is on GLP-1 medication, and pancreatitis is suspected to be due to a passed stone/sludge or the GLP-1 itself. Would you avoid GLP-1 medications?
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Gastroenterology · Johns Hopkins Hospital
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I would be sure that there are no other obvious etiologies for acute pancreatitis, but the majority of cases of acute pancreatitis are due to biliary, alcohol, and smoking. Always look at the LFTs around the time the patient presents with acute pancreatitis, as an ALT >3x the upper limit of normal, ...
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