Octreotide

Химические свойства

Colourless to off-white lyophilised solid

Использование

Octreotide acetate USP (Sandostatin) is used to treat Mestastatic carcinoid tumors; vasoactive intestinal peptide-secretory tumors.

Показания

Octreotide (Sandostatin) is a synthetic somatostatin analogue. It is used in a variety of situations and must be given subcutaneously or intravenously. Most commonly, it is used as a continuous intravenous infusion in patients hospitalized with bleeding varices, because it decreases splanchnic circulation and therefore reduces portal pressures.A long-acting depot form is approved for the suppression of severe diarrhea and flushing associated with malignant carcinoid syndrome and for the treatment of the profuse watery diarrhea associated with vasoactive intestinal peptide tumor.

Общее описание

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards

Профиль безопасности

A poison by subcutaneous andintravenous routes. Human systemic effects: changes instructure or function of endocrine pancreas, liver functiontests impaired. When heated to decomposition it emitstoxic vapors of NOx and SOx