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. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is pancreatitis.