"Octreotide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A potent, long-acting synthetic SOMATOSTATIN octapeptide analog that inhibits secretion of GROWTH HORMONE and is used to treat hormone-secreting tumors; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; HYPERINSULINISM; hypergastrinemia; and small bowel fistula.
| Descriptor ID |
D015282
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.650 D12.644.641.650
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| Concept/Terms |
SMS 201-995- SMS 201-995
- SMS 201 995
- SMS 201995
- SM 201-995
- SM 201 995
- SM 201995
- Sandoz 201-995
- Sandoz 201 995
- Sandoz 201995
- Compound 201-995
- Compound 201 995
- Compound 201995
- SAN 201-995
- SAN 201 995
- SAN 201995
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Octreotide" by people in Profiles.
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Yang X, Kamangar F, Goussous N, Patel ST, Cunningham SC. Prophylactic Octreotide for Pancreatectomy: Benefit or Harm? Correspondence re McMillan et al, 2016;264: 344. Ann Surg. 2018 07; 268(1):e5-e6.
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Afanador L, Mexhitaj I, Diaz C, Ordonez D, Baker L, Angulo JA. The role of the neuropeptide somatostatin on methamphetamine and glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in the striatum of mice. Brain Res. 2013 May 13; 1510:38-47.
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Felicilda-Reynaldo RF. Block the bleed: pharmacologic therapies for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding. Medsurg Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr; 21(2):107-10; quiz 111.