Antacids in the treatment of acute alcohol-induced pancreatitis.

Antacids were given to a group of 18 patients who had acute alcoholic pancreatitis and the results were compared with those in a similar group of 15 patients who did not receive antacid therapy. There was no statistical difference in the course of the illness between the two groups as regards duration of abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, hospital stay or time taken for the patient to resume a normal diet.