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Please note if you have viewed these pages before you need to click the REFRESH button to get the updated pages .
The Pancreatitis Supporters' Network provides medical information and support for sufferers of the condition called pancreatitis. On this site there is a database of medical information, advice for sufferers and carers and a pen pals network. For more information, feel free to browse here - and why not learn even more and help us by joining the network?!
Community Pancreatitis Support Forum - Currently Online
Click here to go to the Pancreatic Pen Pals List
Click here to go to the Stories Page of those who live with or who have not survived Pancreatitis. Contributions to psn@pancreatitis.org.uk in plain text or Word format.
The Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland have published a list of pancreatic specialists in the U.K. You can find details at their site, http://www.pancsoc.org.uk/. Then click on Patient Information.
Have you any old or broken silver or gold jewellery? This includes that single earring! If yes please post it to us and we can get the scrap value down at the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter for the Network. Send to PO Box 8938, Birmingham B13 9FW.
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Newsflash!
The copies of the up to date booklets on Acute, Chronic and Cancer of the
Pancreas are now available to download off the website by clicking on the
image. We add our thanks again to Prof John Neoptolemos and Solvay
Healthcare without whom these would not be available.
Author: Professor John Neoptolemos
of the University of Liverpool. (Prof
Neoptolemos helped us to get started as a charity and we are grateful for
his support in allowing us to publish his ebooklets). The books are available from: |
EUROPAC2 Trial to investigate the efficacy of ANTOX 1.2 and MGCT (Magnesiocard ) for the treatment of hereditary pancreatitis and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. Click here for details and on how to take part.
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE ORGANISATION
Counselling and support to its members who either have Pancreatitis or who are partners, spouses, friends, colleagues of someone with Pancreatitis. Initial telephone contact can be up to two hours and this is free to anyone.
On this site you will find information about pancreatitis, its treatments, and the role of the PSN in helping patients and their families. There are also sections where you can learn from others' experiences, and, if you wish, exchange information and views. The main sections and their key pages are given below and in the buttons at the top of this page.
NETWORK: a section giving contact and other
information about the PSN.
PANCREATITIS: general information about the condition.
TREATMENTS: general information about drugs and
treatments, both conventional and alternative.
INSURANCE: Need some? Check this out - Especially
relevant to the UK!
ARCHIVE: past editions of our newsletter and a weird and wonderful collection of information, reports, experiences, and reviews in our
database.
DOWNLOADS: information pack and other useful booklets as pdf files
LINKS & BOOKS: other resources on the web and on paper
web consultancy by Nicholas Allen Partnership
Patron: Mike Larvin BSc (Hons) MB BS MD FRCS Cert. Mgmt.
Consultant Surgeon
Huntarian Professor of Surgery