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Lanreotide

1 brand name

Indications

  • Acromegaly (if somatostatin analogue not given previously)
  • Neuroendocrine (particularly carcinoid) tumours
  • Unresectable locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours of midgut, pancreatic or unknown origin where hindgut sites of origin have been excluded

Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🤱Breastfeeding guidance available

Cautions

somatostatin analogues Diabetes mellitus (antidiabetic requirements may be altered); growth hormone-secreting pituitary tumours can expand during treatment (causing serious complications); insulinoma ...

Side Effects

somatostatin analogues Common or very common Alopecia; appetite decreased; asthenia; cholecystitis; cholelithiasis (following long term use); cholestasis; constipation; diabetes mellitus; diarrhoea; d...

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Brand Names

Somatuline(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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