Talk:Octreotide

in-Merger of "Octreotide"
I've taken the "Octreotide" article and brought it into this one. I did this for two reasons. First, as a method for clearing a Template:bio-stub. Second, and more importantly, because it provides an immediate context for the drug; as it mimics somatostatin, having it in the context of somatostatin makes sense to me. If you (other editors) do not agree with this, I would ask that you not separate the two concepts unless you are going to add substantially more information to the "Octreotide" article so that it can stand as a non-stub article. Regards, Courtland 01:11, 2005 Mar 12 (UTC) (also repeated on the Somatostatin talk page)

Crystal structure
See [http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0907444994006104 Acta Cryst. (1995). D51, 48-59].

There are 237 non-hydrogen atoms with atomic coordinates in this paper - might take a while to enter them in CrystalMaker.

Does anyone have a CIF of this molecule?

Ben (talk) 18:16, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Use in Esophageal Varices
Under Off Label and Experimental Uses, Reference 2 is used to support the statement "In patients with suspected esophageal varices, octreotide can be given to help decrease bleeding." The reference, however, does not conclude that octreotide decreases bleeding. It concludes that "The efficacy of terlipressin was not inferior to octreotide..." Korey Pesicka (talk) 18:12, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Without critical response to the above comment, I've updated the article by removing the statement along with the reference.Korey Pesicka (talk) 22:12, 30 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added a new line in place of what you deleted and added a reference. The evidence for the effectiveness of octreotide in treating a variceal bleed might not be great, but it's in every set of guidelines I can find, and it's widely utilised in clinical practice. Pawido (talk) 06:46, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

more??
Patients with diabetes mellitus might need less insulin or oral antidiabetics when treated with octreotide91.183.159.198 (talk) 17:58, 19 February 2018 (UTC)