Hi Teresa,

Thanks for following up. I have surgery scheduled for October 21st to have the liver tumors removed. My doctor put me on octreotide acetate (200 mcg) 3x/day to see if it would relieve my carcinoid syndrome symptoms. I felt great after the first injection - I believe it did help with my symptoms, but about 1.5 hours post injection I started having some pretty strong pain in my upper abdomen all the way around to my spine. I had my gall bladder removed 5 years ago but the pain felt just like previous gall bladder attacks. Unfortunately, I had to stop the octreotide and will discuss it with my doctor on Monday. Would be curious to know if others had a reaction like that to the octreotide.