User Reviews for Octreotide

Also known as: Sandostatin, Sandostatin LAR Depot

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Condition	Reviews	Compare	Avg. Ratings
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Tumor	0 reviews	2 medications		10
Carcinoid Tumor	3 reviews	2 medications		9.3
Diabetes, Type 1	2 reviews	64 medications		9.0
Diarrhea	2 reviews	72 medications		7.5
Small Bowel or Pancreatic Fistula	0 reviews	0 medications		6.0
Acromegaly	0 reviews	5 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Dumping Syndrome	0 reviews	0 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Gastrinoma	0 reviews	0 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Glucagonoma	0 reviews	0 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Insulinoma	0 reviews	0 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Pituitary Adenoma	0 reviews	0 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Postural Orthostatic...ycardia Syndrome	0 reviews	8 medications	Not rated - Be the first
Summary of Octreotide reviews	7 reviews			8.7

Reviews for Octreotide

Review by brauny (taken for 1 to 6 months):

User Rating:

10

Sandostatin (octreotide) for Carcinoid Tumor: I agree with the other review. This product has been a life saver for me. It has completely taken away my other symptoms. The only drawback for me is fatigue, but honestly I can live with it considering everything else that I am dealing with prior to taking this medication.

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January 4, 2013 1:04 PM

Review by Anonymous:

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9.0

Sandostatin (octreotide) for Diabetes, Type 1: Great medicine. No side effects.

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October 31, 2011 12:58 PM

Review by Anonymous:

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9.0

Sandostatin LAR Depot (octreotide) for Diabetes, Type 1: Great medicine. NO side effects.

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October 31, 2011 12:54 PM

Review by Aadil:

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9.0

Sandostatin (octreotide) for Diarrhea: My mom is an OVCA patient undegoing chemotherapy with Docetaxes and Gemcitabine on a 3-week cycle and she had developed severe diarrhea accompanied by fever probably due to neutropenia and Loperamide/Imodium did not help her even after one week of taking it. The doctor suggested Sandostatin and after 2 doses of 100micrograms 8 hourly, the diarrhea stopped completely.

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December 30, 2010 4:33 PM

Review by lipsofscarlett:

octreotide for Carcinoid Tumor: I was started on Octreotide for 2 weeks, did not have carcinoid syndrome before taking the short acting octreotide but as I continued to give myself the injections the diarrhea began and got worse. No other complaints except of slight itching at injection site. The oncologist was having me take them to keep tumors from growing and metastasizing. She did, however, take me off of them because they were causing more problems than she thought it was worth for me.

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December 17, 2009 6:27 PM

Review by gthomp:

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10

Sandostatin (octreotide) for Carcinoid Tumor: This medicine has been a life saver for me, nothing else worked. In a couple of days I felt improvement - no uncontrollable diarrhea.

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August 10, 2009 6:04 PM

Review by Anonymous:

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6.0

Sandostatin (octreotide) for Diarrhea: I have found sandostatin very helpfull in treating Diarrhea due to Crohn's Disease and short Bowel Syndrome

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September 11, 2008 11:05 AM