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[Use of glucagon in the treatment of acute pancreatitis]
Minerva Chirurgica
|May 31, 1975
Abstract:
Personal experience with glucagon in 15 cases of acute pancreatitis is reported. Complete remission of pain within 2-3 hr after infusion of the drug was noted in 85% of the series, together with normalisation of blood amylase within 48-72 hr. Glucagon inhibits pancreatic secretio&n. Vairous theories concerning its mechanism of action are examined.