Octreotide - ok-TREE-oh-tide is using to treat the severe diarrhea and other symptoms that occur with certain intestinal tumors. It does not cure the tumor but it helps the patient live a more normal life.
Always this drug is using to treat a condition called acromegaly, which is causing by too much growth hormone in the body. Too much growth hormone produced in adults causes the hands, feet and parts of the face to become large, thick and bulky. Other problems such as arthritis also can develop. Octreotide works by reducing the amount of growth hormone that the body produces.
Octreotide may also be using for other medical conditions as determined by your family doctor.
Octreotide is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA
In Canada