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A young man’s undiagnosed acromegaly leads to severe cardiac complications, highlighting the genetic links and diagnostic ...

while drugs can help reduce the levels of growth hormone that circulates in the body or stop the hormone from exerting its effects on tissues. Acromegaly is curable in some cases. In patients who ...

The various surgical and radiologic methods of treating acromegaly have dramatically ... is normal pituitary function without supportive medication, it is quite possible that it cannot be achieved ...

Patients with acromegaly require fortnightly or monthly injections of somatostatin analogs during clinic visits. The introduction of lanreotide, in the form of Somatuline Autogel ® (SCRAS ...

As I noted before: In acromegaly, currently available peptide drugs need painful monthly or daily injections, or a strict twice-a-day oral dosing regimen. Current somatostatin peptide drugs often ...

In seven out of the nine patients the biochemical control of acromegaly could be maintained when the interval between injections was increased. In the 12 patients inadequately controlled on 4 ...