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Sandostatin

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Sandostatin is a gastroenterology drug.

Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this

23 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Brands

Stilamin

Generic Drug

Octreotide • Somatostatin

Side Effects

Common

Constipation
Flatulence
Dizziness
Headache
Itchy rash
Diarrhea
Itching or burning
Pain at injection site
Passing gas
Upper respiratory tract symptom
Abdominal pain
Fatigue
Alopecia
Vision loss
Hair loss
Loss of strength
Swollen belly
Vision distortion
Itchy skin
Swollen abdomen

Serious

Slow heart rate
Enlarged thyroid gland (goiter)

Treats

Esophageal varices
Condition
Acromegaly
Condition

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What is sandostatin (octreotide) lar?

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How does sandostatin (octreotide) react with medications?

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Would there be any side effects from sandostatin (octreotide)?

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How can sandostatin (octreotide) react with hypertensive medications?

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How safe is it to give sandostatin (octreotide) lar after only 1 subcutaneous 'test dose'?

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

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Can you tell me about lar on essentially the 1st day of sandostatin (octreotide) treatment?

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Would there be any side effects if alcohol was consumed before taking sandostatin (octreotide)?

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How effective is sandostatin (octreotide) on carcinoid tumor?

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A 40-year old male asked:

Can Sandostatin (octreotide) LAR be used as treatment of elevated 5-HIAA in aggressive type of systemic mastocytosis? Thank you.

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Can Sandostatin (octreotide) LAR be used as treatment of elevated 5-HIAA in aggressive type of systemic mastocytosis? Thank you. (repeated question)

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A 33-year old female asked:

Chromogranin a 3000, no zollinger-ellison syndrome or men 1. ideas? egd, colonoscopy, sandostatin, (octreotide) ct. Contrast. mystery

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How does octreotide work?

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Is there an alternative cheaper medicine to octreotide injections ?

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What is an octreotide scan?

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Please help! what is the chemo drug octreotide?

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What are the effects of the chemo drug octreotide?

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What is the chemo drug octreotide? How does it work?

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How does octreotide help fight cancer?

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A 41-year old asked:

What is octreotide; is it related to growth hormone?

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Can a octreotide scan be able to detect any abnormality of the structure of the heart or any heart disease?

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A 31-year old male asked:

How does glucagon increase splanchnic blood flow? Paramedic here, trying to wrap my head around octreotide.

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A 43-year old asked:

My wife has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic nueroendocrine cancer, it is inoperable. Can octreotide treatments extend her survival?

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My wife has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, it is inoperable. Can octreotide treatments extend her survival ?

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Can neuroendocrine tumors occur outside of the colon in setting of CT & Octreotide scan showing in cecum but colonoscopy shows nothing in this area?

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Is it possible to have metastasis Neuroendocrine Carcinoma , does not show in CT but show on octreotide scan, area like Small intestine , Liver ?

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Am I dying?

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