[yellowcat (OP)]

Does any one know of people researching this. A friend has chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic stones. We have found a report of a drug trial in Japan in the 1990s that showed over 70% success in dissolving and clearing pain. For a promising non surgical treatment it seems to have been forgotten about, it was an off label use for a seldom used epilepsy medication.

The drug is not available in the UK but could be bought from America, but my friend would still need a doctor in the UK to prescribe the drug and manage the treatment.

[chris]

This page lists UK chronic pancreatitis trials that are currently recruiting:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pancreatitis-chronic/Pages/clinical-trial.aspx