octreotide in English

noun

medication that suppresses production of hormones (from the pituitary gland, pancreas, and digestive system; provided as a treatment for excess hormone production or to alleviate tumors of these organs)

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1. Eight hours after octreotide injection, postprandial gall bladder contraction was partially restored.

2. After each mode of octreotide treatment, postprandial residual gall bladder volume increased.

3. Low plasma octreotide concentration and increased fasting volume may explain improved gall bladder contraction.

4. 23 Low plasma octreotide concentration and increased fasting volume may explain improved gall bladder contraction.

5. Objective To study on the efficacy of Octreotide prophylaxis of post ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) and hyperamylasemia.

6. 5 Low plasma octreotide concentration and increased fasting volume may explain improved gall bladder contraction.

7. This study indicates that octreotide injections impair postprandial gall bladder contraction for at least four hours.

8. Our study also showed that postprandial gall bladder contraction was suppressed for at least four hours after octreotide injection.

9. 30 This study indicates that octreotide injections impair postprandial gall bladder contraction for at least four hours.

10. The effect of octreotide on gall bladder motility may not be crucial in the formation of gall stones.

11. Octreotide acetate is another type of medicine from a group of drugs called somatostatin analogues, which are also used to treat acromegaly.