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How RELiZORB helps

See how Trenton has made RELiZORB a part of his enteral feeding routine

See how Trenton has made RELiZORB a part of his enteral feeding routine

RELiZORB cartridge

RELiZORB is the only enzyme product designed to break down fats in enteral formula

Get more from your enteral formula

  • RELiZORB is proven to break down most available fats* during tube feeding1
  • RELiZORB can help increase your levels of important omega-3 fatty acids1,2
  • RELiZORB can help reduce the amount of time you experience bothersome gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea1,2

*Please see list of compatible formulas.

How RELiZORB works

Your doctor may prescribe RELiZORB for you if your body needs help breaking down (digesting) fats from your enteral tube feeding formula. RELiZORB is a digestive enzyme cartridge that contains the enzyme lipase. RELiZORB is used with enteral feeding to help break down the the fat in formula. Lipase is the enzyme that is normally made in the body to break down (digest) fats (trigyclerides) into an absorbable form (fatty acids and monoglycerides). The lipase enzyme used in RELiZORB is attached to the white beads (iLipase), which are visible through the side of the cartridge.

RELiZORB connects directly to your feeding tube

Diagram of RELiZORB connected to a feeding tube

Inside the RELiZORB cartridge is a digestive enzyme called lipase, which is attached to the small white beads that you can see through the clear cartridge.

As the enteral tube feeding formula passes through the RELiZORB cartridge, it makes contact with the lipase-enzyme bead combination (called iLipase), and the fat in the formula is broken down to an absorbable form (called fatty acids and monoglycerides).

Fats in their absorbable form (fatty acids and monoglycerides) leave the RELiZORB cartridge and enter your body, while the iLipase remains in the cartridge.

iLipase®

The digestive enzyme lipase is attached to polymeric microbead carriers and is stored within the RELiZORB cartridge without being ingested.

RELiZORB cartridge diagram

See how RELiZORB works

The only FDA-cleared enzyme product to break down fats in enteral formula

The only FDA-cleared enzyme product to break down fats in enteral formula

References
  1. Freedman S, Orenstein D, Black P, et al. Increased fat absorption from enteral formula through an in-line digestive cartridge in patients with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017;65(1):97-101.
  2. Stevens J, Wyatt C, Brown P, Patel D, Grujic D, Freedman SD. Absorption and Safety with Sustained Use of RELiZORB Evaluation (ASSURE) study in patients with cystic fibrosis receiving enteral feeding. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018;Oct;67(4):527-532.