Octreotide injection is used to treat severe diarrhea and other symptoms that occur with certain intestinal tumors (eg, vasoactive intestinal peptide tumors or VIPomas) or metastatic carcinoid tumors (tumors that has already spread in the body). It does not cure the tumor but it helps the patient feel more comfortable.
Octreotide, a nonspecific somatostatin analogue, acting on somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5, achieves beta cell membrane stability by interacting with a variety of ion channels and reduces insulin secretion through several nonionic processes.
Octreotide, a nonspecific somatostatin analogue, acting on somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5, achieves beta cell membrane stability by interacting with a variety of ion channels and reduces insulin secretion through several nonionic processes.
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