Prescribing information

 

What is Sandostatin® LAR® (octreotide acetate) used for?

 

SANDOSTATIN LAR is indicated for the treatment of:

  • Patients with symptoms associated with functional gastro-entero-pancreatic endocrine tumours (e.g. carcinoid tumours with features of the carcinoid syndrome) or patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumours of the midgut or of unknown primary origin where non-midgut sites of origin have been excluded.1
  • Patients with acromegaly in whom surgery is inappropriate or ineffective, or in the interim period until radiotherapy becomes fully effective.1
  • Patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas:1
    • when secretion has not normalised after surgery and/or radiotherapy;
    • in patients in whom surgery is inappropriate;
    • in irradiated patients, until radiotherapy is effective.

 

Resources for you:

 

Preview image. Reconstitution and preparation of SANDOSTATIN LAR guide for HCPs.

Reconstitution and preparation of SANDOSTATIN LAR

A guide for HCPs on how to prepare and administer SANDOSTATIN LAR.

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How to administer and prepare SANDOSTATIN LAR

A step-by-step video on how to prepare and administer SANDOSTATIN LAR.

 

Resources for your patients:

 

Preview image. Your guide to SANDOSTATIN LAR. Patient guide.

Your guide to SANDOSTATIN LAR

A guide for patients prescribed SANDOSTATIN LAR to help them understand the treatment options they may be offered.

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References

  1. SANDOSTATIN® LAR® Summary of Product Characteristics.
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