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How to Take Lanreotide and it's Dose

Written by - Dhanalakshmi Chinnuswamy, Diploma in Pharmacy, MBA (Healthcare)

Medically Checked by - S. Hemamalini, B. Pharm

Last Updated on Dec 31, 2011

It comes as a solution for injection, to be administered by a healthcare provider under the skin.

Dosage & When it is to be taken

SC- The recommended dose is 90 mg, at 4-week intervals for 3 months.

When it is not to be taken (Contraindications)

Hypersensitivity.

Drug Name : Lanreotide

This medication is a somatostatin analog, prescribed for acromegaly.

Trade Names/Brand Names of Lanreotide

International :

Somatuline

Last Updated on Dec 31, 2011

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