👤 Adult

Pasireotide

1 brand name

Indications

Cushing's disease [when surgery has failed or is inappropriate]
Acromegaly [when surgery has failed or is inappropriate, and control with another somatostatin analogue is inadequate]

Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available

🤱Breastfeeding guidance available

🫘Renal impairment guidance

🫁Hepatic impairment guidance

⚠️Requires renal dose adjustment

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

Signifor(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)

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Last reviewed: 2026

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