Steatorrhea medical therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Generally, steatorrhea can be treated with prescription medicine and a healthy diet. Performance status is often used as a measure to determine whether a patient can receive treatment, or whether dose reduction is required.

Medical Therapy

Medications used to treat and prevent steatorrhea include:

intravenous fluids (IV) to restore electrolytes and stop dehydration anti-diarrheal medications pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) Proton-pump inhibitors or PPIs MHC oils