Vapreotide

Vapreotide

Vapreotide

Pharmaceutical drug


Vapreotide (Sanvar) is a synthetic somatostatin analog. It is used in the treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding[1][2] in patients with cirrhotic liver disease and AIDS-related diarrhea.[3]

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It is an 8 residue peptide with sequence H-D-Phe-Cys(1)-Tyr-D-Trp-Lys-Val-Cys(1)-Trp-NH2.


References

  1. Calès P (April 2008). "Vapreotide acetate for the treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding". Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2 (2): 185–92. doi:10.1586/17474124.2.2.185. PMID 19072353. S2CID 2681639.
  2. Fortune BE, Jackson J, Leonard J, Trotter JF (October 2009). "Vapreotide: a somatostatin analog for the treatment of acute variceal bleeding". Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 10 (14): 2337–42. doi:10.1517/14656560903207019. PMID 19708854. S2CID 24475861.




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