INS and hypertriglyceridemia: Hypertriglyceridemia is the next leading cause.24Serum triglyceride > 11.3 mmol/L indicates this as the etiology.25The clinical course of patients with pancreatitis and hypertriglyceridemia is more likely to be severe.26Although case reports exist for statins causing pancreatitis, a retrospective cohort study of almost 4 million patients found that both simvastatin and atorvastatin reduce the rate of acute pancreatitis.27Short case series have described the use of unfractionated heparin or insulin infusions in the acute phase.