SANDOSTATIN

Sandostatin Information

Sandostatin is a popular man made protein that is more commonly known under the generic name of Octreotide. This protein is highly similar to a hormone that naturally occurs in the patient’s organism. A treatment with this medicine is known to effectively lower the levels in which various substances are found in the organism such as glucagon and / or insulin, growth hormone, and hormones and chemicals that affect the patient’s digestion.

Sandostatin Indications

Sandostatin Warnings

Before you may start a treatment with this medicine (Sandostatin), you ought to alert your personal physician if you are suffering from a known allergic reaction to this medicine or to any of its main ingredients (or if you are allergic to any foods, dyes preservatives, and so on). Also, tell him or her if you are suffering from: 

• Gallbladder disease;
• diabetes;
• thyroid problems;
• heart disease;
• kidney disease;
• pancreatitis;
• liver disease.

If you do have any of the medical conditions that have been listed here, you might not be allowed to start taking this medicine, or you may have to take in a lower dose of Sandostatin.

Sandostatin Intake Guidelines

You ought to use this medicine (Sandostatin) exactly how your personal doctor has instructed you to. You should also consult the medicine’s label if you want to get further information and advice about your treatment with this medical product. If you fail to understand some of your doctor’s instructions (or some of the instructions and advices that are written on the drug’s label), you should contact a pharmacist, a nurse or a doctor (as soon as possible) and ask them to explain them to you. You should not disobey any of your personal physician’s instructions regarding how and when you should use your doses of Sandostatin.

Sandostatin is generally administered as an injection in the patient’s veins by an authorized health care specialist (such as a physician or a nurse). This medicine is generally given to a patient in a special medical setting (such as a hospital or a clinic). If you want to inject your doses of Sandostatin yourself (at home), you should carefully follow your physician’s instructions.

Sandostatin Dosage

Each patient who is starting a treatment with Sandostatin should ask their personal physician to calculate the correct dose of this medicine that should work best in their own case (for their medical condition). Every correct dosage is known to vary from one medical case to another, because it depends on some factors, such as age, sex, general health condition, etc. You should not make any alterations to your prescribed dose of this medicine without your physician’s approval. However, during your treatment with this product (Sandostatin), your physician might want to sometimes change your dose of this product.

Sandostatin Overdose

If you suspect that you are suffering from an overdose with Sandostatin, you might be in need of immediate medical attention. You should contact your local poison control center at once and alert your personal physician as soon as possible. In order to avoid experiencing this unpleasant medical condition, you should not take in double doses of this medicine without your physician’s approval. Although no overdose symptoms have been reported so far, over dosage should not trigger any severe or life threatening side effects.

Sandostatin Missed Dose

In order to get the proper benefic effects from your treatment with this medical product, you should use all your doses of this medicine at their due time. Ask your physician what to do if you miss one of your prescribed doses of Sandostatin. It is strictly forbidden that you use extra doses of this medicine without your physician’s consent (this increases the risk of developing overdose).

Sandostatin Side Effects

You should immediately stop your treatment with Sandostatin and seek profession medical attention if you develop any symptoms of signs of a severe allergic reaction to this medicine’s ingredients (such as difficulty breathing; hives; swelling of your lips, tongue, face, or throat). In such conditions, you should alert your personal physician at once.

You should inform your personal doctor as soon as possible if you develop any of these severe side effects during your intake of Sandostatin:

• irregular or slow heartbeats;
• pancreatitis (pain in the back or upper stomach, bloating, nausea, fever, vomiting, yellowing of the eyes or skin);
• stomach pain (gallbladder problems);
• thyroid problems;
• high blood sugar (increased urination and thirst; drowsiness; dry or flushed skin;)
• low blood sugar (confusion, headache, weakness, drowsiness, dizziness, sweating, fast heartbeat, tremor, nausea);

Intake of Sandostatin could also trigger some other less severe side effects such as the following:

• diarrhea;
• nausea or vomiting;
• constipation;
• stomach pain;
• irritation or pain or irritation at the injection site .

Sandostatin Drug Reactions

You should not combine a treatment with this medicine with intake of cyclosporine (such as Sandimmune, Neoral, Gengraf), as this could trigger several severe  and harmful interactions. Ask your personal health care specialist for more information about this aspect. Before you are allowed to start using Sandostatin, you should inform your personal health care provider if you are currently using any of these medical products:

• diabetes drugs like insulin, rosiglitazone (Avandia), glyburide (Micronase, Diabeta), glipizide (Glucotrol), metformin (Glucophage), tolbutamide (Orinase), pioglitazone (Actos), and others;
• bromocriptine (Parlodel);
• medicine for high blood pressure or heart disease;
• diuretics (water pills).

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