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How healthy or unsafe is it to give sandostatin (octreotide) lar after only 1 subcutaneous 'test dose'?
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Should be fine: If you tolerated the test dose, you should be OK going straight to the LAR. Low risk of adverse events.
Answered 6/26/2014
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