Mechanism of Action of Sandostatin
Introduction Sandostatin is the brand name of octreotide, a synthetic somatostatin analogue. It is a cyclic octapeptide designed to reproduce many of the inhibitory actions of the natural hormone somatostatin while having a much longer duration of action. Somatostatin is an endogenous peptide hormone that suppresses the secretion of several hormones and gastrointestinal mediators. Octreotide … Read more