==Uses== ===Approved uses=== The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the usage of a salt form of this peptide, octreotide acetate, as an injectable depot formulation for the treatment of growth hormone producing tumors (acromegaly and gigantism), pituitary tumors that secrete thyroid stimulating hormone (thyrotropinoma), diarrhea and f...
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A drug similar to the naturally occurring growth hormone inhibitor somatostatin. Octreotide is used to treat diarrhea and flushing associated with certain types of tumors.
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<chemical> D-phenylalanyl-l-cysteinyl-l-phenylalanyl-d-tryptophyl-l-lysyl-l-threonyl-n-(2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)propyl)-l-cysteinamide cyclic (2-7)-disulfide. A potent, long-acting somatostatin octapeptide analog which has a wide range of physiological actions. It inhibits growth hormone secretion, is effective in the treatment of hormone-...
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(ok-tre´o-tīd) a synthetic analogue of somatostatin, used as the acetate ester in palliative treatment of symptoms of gastrointestinal endocrine tumors and in treatment of acromegaly; administered subcutaneously, intragluteally, or intravenously.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ok′trē-ō-tīd Definitions: 1. Somatostatin analogue used to treat secretory diarrheal states and gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Octreotide is a drug. It acts like somatostatin, a hormone naturally made by the body. Octreotide can control the symptoms of carcinoid syndrome. It is also sometimes used to control diarrhoea caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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