Octreotide: a hormone for all diseases?
Octreotide is a new agent with many documented useful applications and a huge number of possible applications. Each documented therapeutic effect will require careful analysis. Particular care must be taken to design controls, use double-blind tests for objective study of subjective benefits, and frame questions to elicit precise answers. The most important guide is to keep an open mind when attempting to discern a mechanism of action.
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755.
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000188:drug therapy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D015282:Octreotide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy
D015282:Octreotide