“…5,13 Type B is often very difficult to treat, and its progression toward stability, improvement, or worsening over time cannot be accurately predicted. 6,19 The stimulation of pancreatic secretion may therefore have the downstream effect of decreasing pancreatic duct hypertension, leading to improvements in pain. In patients without obvious ductal obstruction, both human and animal models have suggested roles for tissue hypertension and ischemia, intrapancreatic nerve sensitization, intrapancreatic nerve injury, central nerve sensitization, and/or secondary and tertiary branch pancreatic ductal hypertension.…”