Meperidine is better than morphine for pancreatitis.

April 2003

Many clinicians were taught to use meperidine instead of morphine for pancreatitis. This recommendation still appears in some textbooks.

The thinking is that high doses of morphine can increase biliary sphincter pressure...and possibly cause bile acid build-up and pain.

But this is a medical MYTH.

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