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Sandostatin® (SMS 201–995) Can Exert a Direct Analgesic Effect

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Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Acromegaly

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We have been treating thirty acromegalic patients with Sandostatin® for 2 years. Sandostatin has proved to be very efficient in normalizing growth hormone (GH) and somatomedin-C (Sm-C) levels. Clinically, improvement began after two or three days of treatment. A decrease in soft tissue swelling was observed, paresthesias disappeared and headaches improved. In three cases, headaches disappeared entirely only a few minutes after Sandostatin injection. We should like to document these typical cases more precisely.

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  1. Bloom SR, Polak JM (1987) Somatostain. Br Med J 295: 288–290

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  1. Endocrinologie, Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Liège, Belgium

    A. Beckers, A. Stevenaert, E. Bastings & G. Hennen

  2. Sandoz, Brussels, Belgium

    M. de Longueville

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  1. Rotterdam, University Hospital, Dijkzigt, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Steven W. J. Lamberts M.D.

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Beckers, A., Stevenaert, A., Bastings, E., de Longueville, M., Hennen, G. (1988). Sandostatin® (SMS 201–995) Can Exert a Direct Analgesic Effect. In: Lamberts, S.W.J. (eds) Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Acromegaly. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73694-0_27

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73694-0_27

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