Pancreatitis

Dr. Jason Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Director of Endoscopy in the Department of Gastroenterology at the University of Louisville. ...  

Dr. Jason Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Director of Endoscopy in the Department of Gastroenterology at the University of Louisville. ...  

Important concerns have been raised about the impact of incretin based drugs on the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes. Two linked papers by Li and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj.g2366) and Faillie and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj.g2780) could help us decide whether patients and clinicians should consider these concerns when choosing an antihyperglycemic drug.1 2  

Objectives To determine whether the use of incretin based drugs, compared with sulfonylureas, is associated with an increased risk of acute pancreatitis.