Hormone
octreotide Audio
[ ok-tree-oh-tide ]
Brand Names:
Bynfezia; Mycapssa; Sandostatin
Effect:
Decreased Gastrin Activity; Decreased Glucagon Secretion; Decreased Growth Hormone Secretion; Decreased Insulin Secretion; Decreased Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Secretion; Serotonin Activity Alteration
May Treat:
Acromegaly; Adenoma; Diarrhea; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pituitary Neoplasms
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to octreotide:
  • A drug similar to the naturally occurring growth hormone inhibitor somatostatin. Octreotide is used to treat diarrhea and flushing associated with certain types of tumors.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A synthetic long-acting cyclic octapeptide with pharmacologic properties mimicking those of the natural hormone somatostatin. Octreotide is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon, and insulin than somatostatin. Similar to somatostatin, this agent also suppresses the luteinizing hormone response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone, decreases splanchnic blood flow, and inhibits the release of serotonin, gastrin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), secretin, motilin, pancreatic polypeptide, and thyroid stimulating hormone.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Potent, long-acting synthetic somatostatin octapeptide analog.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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