[Drug therapy of chronic pancreatitis].

Potentialities of current chemotherapy of chronic pancreatitis are delineated. An individual approach is advocated for patients with the primary and secondary disease varying in etiology, for those with and without external and internal pancreatic insufficiency. Indications are validated for application of drugs distinct from each other by mechanism of action and intended for pain relief, of kallikrein-protease and other trypsin inhibitors, replacement polyenzymatic therapy, stimulators of pancreatic exocrine secretion, antihistamine drugs, parenteral feeding, vitamins, detoxicating, immunomodulating and psychopharmacological agents. Approaches to management of chronic pancreatitis and its complications as well as associated diseases are detailed. Chronic pancreatitis sufferers must be followed up and undergo prophylactic treatment.