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Octreotide uses and side effect

Indication

Acromegaly. Prevention of complications following pancreatic surgery. Variceal bleeding. Seretory diarrhoeas associated with carcinoid, AIDS, cancer chemotherapy or diabetes.

Contra Indication

Patients of diabetes mellitus on treatment, Hypersensitivity.

Caution

Renal disease, risk of gall bladder disease, hypothyroidism. Pregnancy, lactation, children, elderly. Monitor levels of vitamin B12 during long term therapy.

Side Effect

Abdominal pain, nausea, steatorrhoea, diarrhoea and gall stones, anorexia, vomiting, bloating, flatulence, loose stolls, steatorrhoea, billary tract, abnormalities. Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, hypothyroidism, cardiac conduction.

Reference - Harmons

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Medicines containing Octreotide

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