The Role of Somatostatin Analogues in the Treatment of Refractory Diarrhoea
作者:
Michael J.G. Farthing,
期刊:
Digestion
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 57,
issue 1
页码: 107-113
ISSN:0012-2823
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000201412
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Diarrhoea;Octreotide;Somatostatin;Carcinoma;VIPoma;Graft-versus-host disease;Bowel;AIDS;Diabetes;Sclerosis
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Octreotide inhibits intestinal motility and secretions of the gastro-intestinal tract and pancreas and mediators of diarrhoea and so is very useful in managing refractory diarrhoea. It is safe and effective in 75-80% of the 10-20% of cancer chemotherapy patients who develop severe diarrhoea, and is useful in the management of persistent diarrhoea associated with neuroendocrine tumours, particularly VIPoma and carcinoid tumours, congenital microvillus atrophy, some patients with the short bowel syndrome (giving them a reduced need for intravenous fluids), and AIDS-related diarrhoea that does not respond to antibiotics or conventional anti-diarrhoeal drugs. Some studies suggest a 50% effectiveness in graft-versus-host disease. Preliminary studies suggest that octreotide is also of value in persistent diarrhoea caused by neuromuscular disorders of the gut, particularly diabetes mellitus and systemic sclerosis, suggesting that it may have wider application in the future. Octreotide may prove useful as a tool for studying the pathogenesis of diarrhoea of diverse aetiologies, particularly those associated with disturbances of intestinal motility, such as irritable bowel syndrome.
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