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.