PMID- 30938130 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190826 LR - 20190826 IS - 1827-1669 (Electronic) IS - 0026-4806 (Linking) VI - 110 IP - 5 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Alcohol-related chronic exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: diagnosis and therapeutic management. A proposal for treatment by the Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP) and the Italian Society of Alcohology (SIA). PG - 425-438 LID - 10.23736/S0026-4806.19.06043-9 [doi] AB - Current estimates of the prevalence of chronic pancreatitis, one of the most common causes of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, are in the range of 3-10 per 100,000 people in many parts of the world. Alcohol consumption is a very important risk factor for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and is involved in nearly half of all cases. The main hypothesis regarding the role of chronic alcohol consumption in pancreatitis is that there must be additional environmental or genetic risk factors involved for ongoing damage to occur. Treatment of patients with alcohol-related exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is complex, as the patient has two concomitant pathologies, alcohol-use disorder (AUD) and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency/chronic pancreatitis. Alcohol abstinence is the starting point for treatment, although even this along with the most advanced therapies allow only a slowdown in progression rather than restoration of function. This position paper of the Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas and the Italian Society of Alcohology provides an overview of the pathogenesis of alcohol-related pancreatitis and discuss diagnostic issues. Treatment options for both exocrine pancreatic insufficiency/chronic pancreatitis (with a focus on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy) and AUD (acamprosate, disulfiram, oral naltrexone, long-acting injectable naltrexone, sodium oxybate, nalmefene, baclofen, and psychosocial interventions) are also reviewed. FAU - Pezzilli, Raffaele AU - Pezzilli R AD - Pancreas Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Polyclinic of Sant'Orsola, Bologna, Italy - raffaele.pezzilli@aosp.bo.it. AD - Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas, Rome, Italy - raffaele.pezzilli@aosp.bo.it. FAU - Caputo, Fabio AU - Caputo F AD - Department of Internal Medicine, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Cento, Ferrara, Italy. AD - G. Fontana Center for the Study and Multidisciplinary Treatment of Alcohol Addiction, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Testino, Gianni AU - Testino G AD - Regional Alcohol Center of Liguria Region, ASL3, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Patussi, Valentino AU - Patussi V AD - Department of Alcohology, Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy. FAU - Greco, Giovanni AU - Greco G AD - Department of Mental Health and Pathological Dependency, AUSL Romagna, SerT Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy. FAU - Maccio, Livia AU - Maccio L AD - Alcohol Unit, ASL2 Savonese, Savona, Italy. FAU - Rossin, Maria Raffaella AU - Rossin MR AD - ASST Fatebenefratelli, Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy. FAU - Mioni, Davide AU - Mioni D AD - Casa di Cura Parco dei Tigli, Villa Di Teolo, Padua, Italy. FAU - Balbinot, Patrizia AU - Balbinot P AD - Regional Alcohol Center of Liguria Region, ASL3, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Gandin, Claudia AU - Gandin C AD - National Observatory on Alcohol, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. FAU - Zanesini, Francesca AU - Zanesini F AD - Private Practitioner, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Frulloni, Luca AU - Frulloni L AD - Department of Medicine, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. FAU - Arico, Sarino AU - Arico S AD - Unit of Gastroenterology, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy. FAU - Bottaro, Luigi C AU - Bottaro LC AD - ASL 3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Pellicano, Rinaldo AU - Pellicano R AD - Unit of Gastroenterology, Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy. FAU - Scafato, Emanuele AU - Scafato E AD - National Observatory on Alcohol, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. CN - Italian Society of Alcohology (SIA) LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190401 PL - Italy TA - Minerva Med JT - Minerva medica JID - 0400732 RN - 0 (Alcohol Deterrents) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) SB - IM MH - Alcohol Abstinence MH - Alcohol Deterrents/therapeutic use MH - Alcoholism/complications/drug therapy/therapy MH - Antioxidants/therapeutic use MH - Disease Management MH - Disease Progression MH - Enzyme Replacement Therapy MH - Ethanol/*adverse effects MH - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency/chemically induced/diagnosis/*etiology/therapy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Life Style MH - Male MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/etiology MH - Pancreatitis, Alcoholic/*complications/diagnosis MH - Psychotherapy MH - Risk Factors MH - Self-Help Groups FIR - Allosio, Pierluigi IR - Allosio P FIR - Amendola, Maria Francesca IR - Amendola MF FIR - Meneguzzi, Cristina IR - Meneguzzi C FIR - Palmieri, Vincenzo O IR - Palmieri VO FIR - Renzetti, Doda IR - Renzetti D FIR - Vignoli, Teo IR - Vignoli T EDAT- 2019/04/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/27 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/03 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0026-4806.19.06043-9 [pii] AID - 10.23736/S0026-4806.19.06043-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Minerva Med. 2019 Oct;110(5):425-438. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4806.19.06043-9. Epub 2019 Apr 1.