Question 1

pls describe an allergic reaction to a sandostatin (octreotide) shot...

Accepted Answer

Sandostatin (octreotide) Effects.: Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue, 
changes in blood sugar, 
changes in heart rate, 
severe stomach pain.
Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, hair loss.

Question 2

how does octreotide work?

Accepted Answer

Octreotide: It inhibits glucagon, growth hormone & insulin, hence it is used for acromegaly & carcinoid syndrome & to treat diarrhea in some intestinal tumors. It is a depot injectable drug.

Question 3

what is an octreotide scan?

Accepted Answer

Type of tumor scan: Used to find carcinoid and certain other tumors. Octreotide (similar to somatostatin) is labelled with a radioactive tracer and injected. It binds to carcinoid tumor cells and certain other tumors with somatostatin receptors. A nuclear medicine camera can image the location and distribution of the tumor cells.

Question 4

please help! what is the chemo drug octreotide?

Accepted Answer

Octreotide: Octreotide mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon, and Insulin than the natural hormone. Fda has approved octreotide acetate, as an injectable depot formulation for the treatment of growth hormone producing tumors, certain pituitary tumors, vipomas, and carcinoid syndrome.

Question 5

what is octreotide; is it related to growth hormone?

Accepted Answer

Octreotide is a …: Synthetic version of somatostatin (growth-hormone-inhibiting hormone) that is more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon, & Insulin than the natural hormone. It is approved for treating growth hormone disorders like acromegaly & gigantism & also for treating certain tumor-associated diarrhea. Also has some "off-label" uses not pertinent here.

Question 6

how effective is sandostatin (octreotide) on carcinoid tumor?

Accepted Answer

Good for symptoms: Sandostatin (octreotide) is a medication that decreases the release of hormones from carcinoid tumors, thereby decreasing symptoms of carcinoid (flushing, diarrhea).  It may have some effects in slowing the growth of such tumors, but its main use is to treat symptoms of Carcinoid. It is effective for this is over 80% of patients with Carcinoid.

Question 7

what is sandostatin (octreotide) lar?

Accepted Answer

Sandostatin (octreotide) LAR: Is long-acting suspension used after the initial sandostatin (octreotide) injection was shown effective.

Question 8

is there an alternative cheaper medicine to octreotide injections ?

Accepted Answer

Maybe: It depends what condition the octreotide was prescribed for?

Question 9

what are the effects of the chemo drug octreotide?

Accepted Answer

This not a true chem: It is a form of somatostatin, which is used to treat symptoms from carcinoid syndrome such as severe diarrhea, itch severe flushing.
It has many other uses outside of oncology. It also is used for scaning for spread of carcinoid and other tumors associated with a neuroendocrine function
it can affect the thyroid, glucose control, heart rate as side effects.

Question 10

what is the chemo drug octreotide? how does it work?

Accepted Answer

Hormone, not chemo: Hi. Octreotide is a synthetic analog of the hormone, somatostatin (NO relationship to a "statin" drug). "Chemo" usually refers to some toxic anti-metabolite that leads to arrest of cell division and/or cell death. Octreotide does not do that. Octreotide reduces hormone secretion from various cell types: insulin from beta cells, glucagon from alpha cells, serotinin from carcinoid tumors, &amp; others

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