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Octreotide acetate
Sun Pharma UK Ltd
H01CB02
Octreotide acetate
200microgram/1ml
Solution for injection
Intravenous; Subcutaneous
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 08030403; GTIN: 5060176820036
Page 1 PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER OCTREOTIDE 50 MICROGRAMS/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OCTREOTIDE 100 MICROGRAMS/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OCTREOTIDE 500 MICROGRAMS/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OCTREOTIDE 200 MICROGRAMS/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OCTREOTIDE READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. - If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. - This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. - If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Octreotide is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Octreotide 3. How to use Octreotide 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Octreotide 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT OCTREOTIDE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Octreotide is a synthetic compound derived from somatostatin, a substance normally found in the human body which inhibits the effects of certain hormones such as growth hormone. The advantages of Octreotide over somatostatin are that it is stronger and its effects last longer. OCTREOTIDE IS USED: - in ACROMEGALY , a condition where the body produces too much growth hormone. Normally, growth hormone controls growth of tissues, organs, and bones. Too much growth hormone leads to an increase in the size of bones and tissues, especially in the hands and feet. Octreotide markedly reduces the symptoms of acromegaly, which include headache, excessive perspiration, numbness of the hands and feet, tiredness, and joint pain. - to relieve symptoms associated with some TUMOURS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (e.g. carcinoid tumours, VIPomas, glucagonomas, gastrinomas, insulinomas). In these conditions, there is overproduction of some specific hor Citiți documentul complet
OBJECT 1 OCTREOTIDE 200MICROGRAMS / ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 05-Apr-2018 | Ranbaxy (UK) Limited a Sun Pharmaceutical Company 1. Name of the medicinal product Octreotide 200 micrograms/ml solution for injection (multidose vial) 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition One multidose vial of 5 ml solution for injection contains octreotide acetate equivalent to 1 milligram of octreotide, 1 ml of solution contains 0.2 milligrams of octreotide For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. Pharmaceutical form Solution for injection. A clear colourless solution. 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications Symptomatic control and reduction of growth hormone (GH) and IGF-1 plasma levels in patients with acromegaly who are inadequately controlled by surgery or radiotherapy. Octreotide is also indicated for acromegalic patients unfit or unwilling to undergo surgery, or in the interim period until radiotherapy becomes fully effective. Relief of symptoms associated with functional gastro-entero-pancreatic (GEP) endocrine tumours,e.g. carcinoid tumours with features of carcinoid syndrome (see section 5.1). Octreotide is not an anti-tumour therapy and is not curative in these patients. Prevention of complications following pancreatic surgery. Emergency management to stop bleeding and to protect from re-bleeding owing to gastro-oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. Octreotide is to be used in association with specific treatment such as endoscopic sclerotherapy. Treatment of Thyroid Stimulating Hormones (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenomas: - when secretion has not normalised after surgery and/or radiotherapy - in patients in whom surgery is inappropriate - in irradiated patients, until radiotherapy is effective. 4.2 Posology and method of administration Posology _Acromegaly_ Initially 0.05 - 0.1 mg subcutaneous (s.c.) injection every 8 or 12 hours. Dosage adjustment should be based on monthly assessment of GH and IGF-1 levels (target: GH <2.5ng/ml, IGF-1 within Citiți documentul complet